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| Sunday 30th August 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included two juvenile Pallid Harriers together
at Hillwell, Shetland, single Citrine Wagtails on North Ronaldsay, Orkney
and at Black Hole Marsh, Devon and a Red-rumped Swallow at Dungeness
RSPB, Kent.
Lingering rarities included the Black Storks in East Sussex and East Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset (now at Chew Valley Lake) and two Bee-eaters in Cumbria. Scarcity highlights were singles of Woodchat Shrike, Marsh Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Rose-coloured Starling, Dotterel, Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Red-necked Phalarope, two each of Bluethroat, Barred Warbler and Hoopoe, three White-winged Black Terns, at least six Honey Buzzards, seven Red-backed Shrikes and 21 Wrynecks. A flock of 23 Cattle Egrets in the Avon Valley in Dorset and Hampshire is almost certainly a British record. |
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| Saturday 29th August 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Citrine Wagtail at Tacumshin, County
Wexford and Bee-eaters at Harman's Cross (two) and Hengistbury Head, both
Dorset and Collieston and Loch of Strathbeg RSPB, both Aberdeenshire. The
Paddyfield Warbler found at Collieston, Aberdeenshire yesterday was still
present.
Other lingering rarities included the Black Storks in East Yorkshire and East Sussex, Red-footed Falcons in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, two Bee-eaters in Cumbria, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and two Wilson's Petrels again from a pelagic off County Cork. Scarcity highlights were singles of Woodchat Shrike, Melodious Warbler, Barred Warbler, Dotterel and White-winged Black Tern, two each of Bluethroat, Hoopoe, Icterine Warbler and Pectoral Sandpiper, eight Red-backed Shrikes, 10 Honey Buzzards and 17 Wrynecks. |
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| Friday 28th August 2015 | ||
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| In Cornwall a Red-billed Tropicbird was seen heading west past Gwennap
Head, Porthgwarra this morning.
Other new discoveries today included a Lesser Grey Shrike at Cromer, Norfolk, an Arctic Warbler at Scousburgh, Shetland, a Greenish Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, a Bee-eater over Conwy, a Black Stork over Landguard, Suffolk then at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex and a Ferruginous Duck at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset. Lingering rarities included the Black Stork in East Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire and two Bee-eaters in Cumbria. Scarcity highlights were a Marsh Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Barred Warblers, three Icterine Warblers, five Red-backed Shrikes, 13 Wrynecks, five Dotterels, a Purple Heron, a Night Heron and a Spotted Crake. Seawatching also produced two Sabine's Gulls, 120 Cory's Shearwaters and 33 Great Shearwaters. |
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| Wednesday 26th August 2015 | ||
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| A Broad-billed Sandpiper visited Scorton GPs, North Yorkshire briefly
mid morning, a Western Bonelli's Warbler was trapped and ringed at
Portland Bill, Dorset and seven Bee-eaters were found at Veensgarth,
Shetland.
Lingering rarities present today included the Forster's Tern in County Louth, Black Stork in East Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, Spotted Sandpiper in Wiltshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Citrine Wagtail in Shetland, two Bee-eaters in Cumbria and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. |
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| Tuesday 25th August 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Lesser Grey Shrike, Arctic Warbler
and Citrine Wagtail in Shetland (at Lunna, Walls and Quendale
respectively), a Red-footed Falcon and Greenish Warbler in
Aberdeenshire (at Newtonhill and Loch of Strathbeg RSPB), another Red-footed
Falcon at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire and another Greenish Warbler at
Spurn, Yorkshire.
Lingering rarities included the Black Stork in West Sussex, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Red-footed Falcons in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, Spotted Sandpiper in Wiltshire, Greenish Warblers in Shetland and Aberdeenshire and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. |
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| Sunday 23rd August 2015 | ||
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| Classic east coast fall conditions produced just that this evening, with good
numbers of common and scarce migrants arriving. Rarities were hard to come by,
however, with just a Greenish Warbler at Boarhills, Fife being involved.
Other new rarities discovered today included a Fea's or Zino's Petrel
past Kilcummin Head, County Mayo, a Gull-billed Tern past St Mary's
Island, Northumberland, a Pallid Harrier at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland, a
Lesser Yellowlegs at Conder Green, Lancashire, a Bonaparte's Gull
at Teignmouth, Devon and a Subalpine Warbler species on The Garrison,
Isles of Scilly.
Lingering rarities included the Booted Warbler in Norfolk, Western Bonelli's Warbler in the Isles of Scilly, single Black Storks in Aberdeenshire and West Sussex, Spotted Sandpiper in Wiltshire, White-rumped Sandpiper and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, three Bee-eaters in Cumbria and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcity totals included 19 Wrynecks, 19 Icterine Warblers, seven Barred Warblers, a Marsh Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, five Red-backed Shrikes, an Ortolan Bunting, six Pectoral Sandpipers, three Red-necked Phalaropes, a Spotted Crake, a Night Heron, a White-winged Black Tern and 26 Dotterel. Seabirds included two Leach's Petrels, a Grey Phalarope, five Great Shearwaters, two Cory's Shearwaters, ten Long-tailed Skuas and seven Pomarine Skuas. As well as very large numbers of Pied Flycatchers (the largest reported gatherings included 75 at Spurn, 52 at Flamborough Head, 45 on Blakeney Point, 40 on Isle of May and 30 at Burnham Overy Dunes), today saw a large movement of Wood Sandpipers with at least 192 reported (including 34 at Black Hole Marsh, Devon and 22 at Pennington Marshes, Hampshire). |
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