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Christopher Narty has reported a Broad-billed Roller at Alphonse on 11 December.
This species is an annual visitor to the Aldabra Group and a vagrant elsewhere in Seychelles. SBRC has accepted 26 records east of Aldabra, including 10 from Alphonse.
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Amur Falcon (left), Tree Pipit (right); photos by Rebecca Hodgkiss. Rebecca Hodgkiss and James McClelland have reported an Amur Falcon present on Cousine 3-6 December and a Tree Pipit present 4-9 December, both in the hotel area. The first ever report of an Amur Falcon was also from Cousine, almost 22 years ago to the day on 2 December 1995. This bird remained present until early February 1996. Since then, SBRC has collected reports of 475 birds, with around 93% of records in November and December. Records have been confined to the inner islands and Amirantes, with no reports whatsoever south of Alphonse and no evidence of a return migration through Seychelles. SBRC has collected reports of 267 Tree Pipit sightings and again there is a peak in October-December with 88% of sightings during this period. However, in contrast to Amur sightings are spread throughout the islands from Bird and Denis in the north to the Aldabra Group in the south. Unlie Amur Falcon, there is a small blip in the number of sightings in March possibly indicating a small percentage of birds on northern migration.
Accompanied by Michael Betts, we found a Northern Shoveler at La Promenade, Victoria today. SBRC have accepted 13 previous records of this species.
Teesha Baboorun has reported a series of sightings of a Tree Pipit at La Passe, Silhouette from 18-28 November. The bird was also seen by Francois Baguette and Dina Dominique. This is the first report from Silhouette of this annual visitor to Seychelles since 2013.
Stuart and Bronwyn Dunlop have reported a Eurasian Bittern at Cousine, present on 8 November.
SBRC has accepted ten previous records of this species. Amur Falcon sightings continue. One individual in exhausted condition has been present on Aride from 29 November to 3 December
Left: Little Stint; right Sand Martin (Clare Keating Daly) Clare Keating Daly has reported a Little Stint, both present at the eastern tip of D'Arros on 28 November.
Little Stint was long considered an annual visitor to Seychelles but a huge decline in the number of sightings led to a change of status to vagrant. SBRC has accepted 39 previous records of Sand Martin. Christopher Narty has reported a Red-throated Pipit present at the airstrip, Alphonse on 28 November. The bird was also observed by Ariadna Fernández. SBRC has accepted 32 previous records of this species including 8 times from Alphonse.
Christopher Narty, Pep Nogués and Ariadna Fernández have reported an immature White Wagtail at the beach, Alphonse on 27 November. SBRC has accepted 45 previous records of this species including five from Alphonse.
Eddie Urbanski, Simon Hugheston-Roberts and James Millett have reported a Tufted Duck present at the pool adjacent Kempinski Resort present on 25 November 2017. The bird was first located by Eddie Urbanski,
SBRC has only accepted one previous record of this species, a juvenile female present at the sewage ponds, Alphonse from 23 December 2006 (and possibly from one week earlier) to 25 December 2006. |
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