Short-toed Snake Eagle carrying Grass Snake (Matt Eade)
The SHORT-TOED SNAKE EAGLE reappeared over the woodland at Pig Bush, east of
Beaulieu Road Station (New Forest, Hampshire), at around 0900 hours this
morning, then showed on and off for just over an hour, retreating to a sheltered
perch at 1010 after catching an Adder. It then reappeared at 1415, spending 20
minutes circling over the bog, and later at around 1600 hours. The first-summer
female RED-FOOTED FALCON was also still present - at Porthgwarra
Moor (Cornwall).
The BRIDLED TERN reappeared again on Inner
Farne today (as expected) while censusing revealed the presence of 82 pairs of
ROSEATE TERN on Coquet Island (Northumberland) - the highest number of breeding
pairs since 2009. A pair of ROSEATE TERNS also spent much of the day at Belvide
Reservoir (Staffs), flying off eventually at 1850 hours (others were seen at
Seaforth NR, Merseyside, and at Cemlyn Lagoon, Anglesey).
In South Devon, the first-summer ROSS'S GULL
continued its summer sojourn at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, with the
ROSE-COLOURED STARLING still NW of Burnley (Lancs) SE of the A671 favouring the
rooftops of Surrey Avenue BB12 8AN.
Otherwise, much of a muchness, with the
LESSER SCAUP at Blagdon Lake (Somerset), the 2 RUDDY SHELDUCKS at Pitsford
Reservoir (Northants), the COMMON CRANE at Leven Carrs (East Yorks), 5 GLOSSY
IBISES (including one reappearing at Willow Tree Fen LWT, Lincs) and a female
SURF SCOTER at Blackdog (Aberdeenshire).
In IRELAND, Dave Suddaby discovered an adult
breeding-plumaged AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER on The Mullet (Co. Mayo) this evening -
at Blacksod on Tarmon Hill.
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