Rare Bird Alert Friday 4th July 2008
July 6, 2008
This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Friday 4th July 2008, issued at midnight and published in association with Rare Bird Alert Pagers, www.birdguides.com and the Regional Birdline network, with additional information gleaned from the local email groups and websites.
On Orkney, a WHITE-BILLED DIVER in full breeding attire remains on South Ronaldsay for its third day, showing exceptionally well in Water Sound off Churchill Barrier No.4 and best viewed depending on tide either from the pier at Sands Hotel or the toilet block at the northern end of the barrier. Nearby, an adult summer ROSE-COLOURED STARLING continues to visit an Evie garden, taking advantage of a peanut feeder at HY 319 277, with another at St Margaret’s Hope. Also taking advantage of peanut feeders is the long-staying and rather gaudy male COMMON ROSEFINCH at the Tyndrum cafe in Forth, whilst that same county harbours 2 Spoonbills at Kinneil Lagoon.. On the Outer Hebrides, the female SNOWY OWL continues to be harassed by allcomers (both human and avian) at Aird an Runair, North Uist.
In Norfolk, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS in full breeding plumage continues to grace Cley Marsh NWT Simmond’s Scrape, along with 3 Eurasian Spoonbills and 6 Little Gulls, with the long-staying summering male RED-BACKED SHRIKE still at Sea Palling. In neighbouring Suffolk, the summering GREAT WHITE EGRET flew over Brantham this afternoon.
The first-summer drake Hooded Merganser (of unknown origin) continues to show well at Radipole Lake RSPB (Dorset), between the reserve’s Westham Bridge and the Gurkha Restaurant, with 65 Balearic Shearwaters off nearby Portland Bill prior to 1000 hours and a MELODIOUS WARBLER trapped and ringed in the Observatory Garden early morning..
The ever-present Lancashire GLOSSY IBIS was visible from the In-Focus shop at Martin Mere WWT Reserve this morning, with the BLACK GUILLEMOT still at Heysham Harbour mouth and a first-summer Eurasian Spoonbill still at Inner Marsh Farm RSPB (Cheshire).
A WHITE STORK (of possibly suspect origin) flew towards Pleasley Pit, Glapwell (Derbyshire) whilst an unseasonal first-summer GLAUCOUS GULL remains at Pensarn (Conwy) and a long-staying GREAT NORTHERN DIVER at inland Chasewater (Staffs)..
Cambridgeshire’s ‘resident’ RED-NECKED GREBE showed well in Dudney Creek at Grafham Water this morning in all its summer splendour, whilst in South Devon, a SLAVONIAN GREBE remains off Dawlish Warren NNR, on the Exe Estuary.
Further seabird activity included 3 CORY’S SHEARWATERS 40 kms south of The Lizard (Cornwall).
Large numbers of COMMON CROSSBILL continue to be seen throughout the country, with other evidence of return movement noted by Whinchat and Osprey.
Return wader passage has commenced, with adult Green Sandpipers, Whimbrels and Black-tailed Godwits at a number of inland localities, and a WOOD SANDPIPER at Slimbridge WWT (Gloucs). An adult PECTORAL SANDPIPER remained at Coedbach Marsh, Kidwelly (Carmarthen) until at least 3rd.
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