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Rare Bird Alert Monday August 13

August 13, 2007

This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Monday 13th August 2007, issued at midday and produced in association with Rare Bird Alert Pagers (subscription enquiries at 01603 457016; visit Marquee 4 stands 53-54 at this weekend’s British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water Egleton Reserve).

In Cambridgeshire, a non-breeding plumaged SQUACCO HERON continues for at east its third day at Fenland Fisheries, about a mile NNE of Earith. It favours he fishing pit to the east of the track at TL 392 764, where it can be seen ishing from the numerous lilypads on the lake. In Earith village, follow signs or the Industrial Estate. Drive to the left of the office/warehouse uildings and continue on a very rough gravel track north past the entrance to the isheries for just over half a mile. Note that this is a seriously rough track nd to prevent damage to your vehicle underside, it is advisable to park by the ndustrial park and walk.

In Avon, the first-summer drake Ferruginous Duck remains at Chew Valley Lake, avouring the Stratford Bay, whilst in Lincolnshire, the summering BLACK KITE ontinues at Nocton Heath, 2.75 miles WSW of Nocton (Lincolnshire).

Weekend News

The undoubted highlight of the weekend was an adult SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER hich graced Oare Marshes NR (Kent) with its presence from 10th-11th August. The bird showed extremely well on the East Flood, affording the many visiting birders with superb views from the road, with additional site ‘notebook padders’ in the form of 4 Garganey, 2 adult Little Stints and a moulting adult Curlew
Sandpiper.

Following this was Oxfordshire’s first-ever twitchable PURPLE HERON - a fresh-plumaged juvenile favouring the pools and triangular patch of reeds at the south end of Pinkhill NR at the west end of Farmoor Reservoir. This bird was initially discovered on 6th August but not positively identified until 11th and showed well on several occasions on 12th.

Right on cue came our first AQUATIC WARBLERS of the autumn, with singles trapped and ringed at South Milton Ley (South Devon) and Radipole Lake RSPB (Dorset) on 12th (following a bird at Hope Point, St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe, Kent, on 6th), whilst the first BARRED WARBLER of the autumn involved a juvenile on Brownsman Island, The Farnes (Northumberland), from 10th-12th.

A 2nd-summer WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN was present at Abberton Reservoir (Essex) on at least 11th-12th, with another at Loch of Tankerness (Orkney) on 8th-9th, with a GREAT WHITE EGRET at New Swillington Ings (West Yorks) from at least 10th-12th and a Kentish Plover at Stanpit Marsh, Christchurch Harbour (Dorset) on 10th.

A party of 6 RUDDY SHELDUCKS of presumably continental origin arrived at Minsmere RSPB (Suffolk) on 10th and then moved overnight 78 miles inland to Paxton Pits NR (Cambs), where they paused just briefly. Next day (12th), they had moved a further 80 miles to the west to Kinsham Pits (Worcs).

Elsewhere on 11th, a juvenile Spotted Crake was seen briefly in Farlington Marsh reedbed (Hants), an Icterine Warbler drifted to Fair Isle (Shetland), a Woodchat was at Durlston CP (Dorset), a Red-backed Shrike was at Filey NCCP (North Yorks) and the LESSER GREY SHRIKE still on Fair Isle.

The Anglesey BLACK STORK flew east over Aber (Gwynedd) at 1145 hours on 11th and west over Mynydd Mechell, SSW of Camaes, at 1415 hours on 12th, whilst the summering GLOSSY IBIS was still present at Marshside Marsh RSPB (Merseyside) and the first-summer COMMON CRANE at Otmoor RSPB (Oxon).

A trickle of Cory’s Shearwaters flew west off Pendeen Watchpoint (Cornwall) on 12th, with the odd adult Long-tailed Skua reported off the East Coast.

In IRELAND, recent highlights include adult BONAPARTE’S GULL and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Shannon Airport Lagoons (Co. Clare), adult LESSER YELLOWLEGS on the Rogerstown Estuary (Co. Dublin) and SQUACCO HERON at Lough Beg at Mullagh
(Co. Derry).

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist
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