Rare Bird Alert – Issue 35

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This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday 20th November 2007, issued at 2000 hours and published in association with Rare Bird Alert Pagers (www.rarebirdalert.co.uk for details) and utilising information gleaned from the Regional Birdlines, websites, local email groups and individual observers.

Bird of the day without doubt was a PECHORA PIPIT in Pembrokeshire, showing well from dawn until dusk and representing the first twitchable individual on mainland Britain since birds at Filey NCCP (North Yorks) and St Levan (Cornwall). It was initially found yesterday and may well have been present some time, appearing fairly settled in its chosen habitat. It is frequenting some medium length grass and shows down to a few yards. As news broke early this morning, some 38 birders outside of South Wales connected today, including Matthew Deans, Steve Nuttall, Lol Carman, Bob Chalkley, Ian Lewington and Dan Pointon. Local birder David Astins managed some decent images (see below).

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