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Today is Mon. 6th July 2009
Rare birds found in
Ireland in past years
on 6th July:
Temminck’s Stint
Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve,
Down, 2000.
9th NI Record
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Undated July records
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Statistics compiled
by Joe Hobbs
E&OE.
First for Western Palearctic
Today is 6th July. The following first records for the Western Palearctic were found on this date:
6th July, 1971 -
Short-billed Dowitcher
Finnmark, Norway.
Earlier records from Sweden and Spain under review
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds) 1983. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic vol. 3. Oxford University Press
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6th July, 1846 -
White-throated Needletail
Great Horkesley, (near) Colchester, Essex, England.
Shot 8th July. aka Needle-tailed Swift
Palmer, P. 2000. First for Britain and Ireland 1600-1999. Arlequin Press
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Statistics compiled
by Joe Hobbs
E&OE.
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Little Gull (Larus minutus), Tacumshin, County Wexford. June 14th, 2009.
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