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Rare Bird Alert August 17

August 17, 2007

This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Friday 17th August 2007, issued at 2100 hours, and produced in association with Rare Bird Alert Pagers (visit Marquee 4 stands 52-53 at the British Birdwatching Fair this weekend).

On the Isles of Scilly, the adult SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER remains for its third day on Porthellick Pool, St Mary’s, whilst in Norfolk, the adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER appeared again on the rising tide at Breydon Water for the 4th consecutive night. Meanwhile in County Durham, the moulting adult WILSON’S PHALAROPE continues on Castle Lake at Bishop Middleham (NZ 329 308).

A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON is performing extremely well for its 5thday in Alexandra Park, Hastings (East Sussex), favouring the extreme northend of the park on the small pond immediately NE of Buckshole Reservoir. It is an extremely fresh bird, with juvenile ‘barbed’ feathers protruding from thecrown. Access from the end of Vale Road (TV 805 111).

A GREAT WHITE EGRET was on view at Bough Beech Reservoir (Kent) from late morning to 1410, whilst a female Red-necked Phalarope is present at a private marsh in the north of the county. The 2nd-summer BLACK STORK was once again on Anglesey, favouring the Alaw Estuary, 3 miles east of Holyhead, throughout the morning.

An adult summer Sabine’s Gull flew north with Black-legged Kittiwakes past Flamborough Head (East Yorks) at 1810 this evening, whilst the moulting adult WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN remains at Abberton Reservoir (Essex) (best viewed from Soper Hide)

Long-stayers include the first-summer GLOSSY IBIS at Marshside Marsh RSPB (Merseyside), the first-summer COMMON CRANE at Otmoor RSPB (Oxon), the GREAT WHITE EGRET at Swillington Ings (West Yorks) and the SQUACCO HERON at Fenland
Fisheries, Earith GP (Cambs) (TL 392 764). The BLACK KITE continues at Nocton Heath (Lincs), with the first-summer Black-throated Diver still on Draycote Water (Warks).

It has been a quiet week in IRELAND, the only report today being of a Cory’s Shearwater past Galley Head (Co. Cork) this evening.

Written by Lee · Filed Under UK400 Club Rare Bird Alerts 

















































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