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Cream-coloured Courser on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly 27/9



From WestPalBirds:

The big rarity news in Britain today is the discovery of a Cream-coloured
Courser on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, this afternoon. First seen in flight
but now apparently showing very well on the ground, this would (I think) be
the first in Britain for 20 years - almost to the day, with the previous
bird discovered at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 29 September 1984. (Unlike most
vagrants, this species has become far less numerous in Britain in recent
decades).


The first boat from St Mary's was at 3 p.m., but apparently the Courser was flushed (by cows!) at 3.46 p.m. I wonder how many of the St Mary's battalion actually managed to connect?


Wonder who found it? My money's on the hard working Higgo.


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