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This page gives you access to all of RBA's daily news summaries (since April 13, 2006), 10 days at a time. The most recent are shown, or you can select a specific date to show (along with the previous 10 days). Prior to April 13, 2006 you can find weekly reviews, located in articles. | |||
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| Saturday 29th May 2010 | ||
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| Two Black-winged Stilts at Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire were the
highlight of the day, continuing the reserve's run of good birds this Spring.
Other rarity discoveries today included a Bee-eater at Gibraltar Point
NNR, Lincolnshire and a Red-rumped Swallow which lingered at Ogston
Reservoir, Derbyshire all day.
In Yorkshire the Savi's Warbler continued to sing at Old Moor RSPB, whilst the Iberian Chiffchaff was also still singing at Potteric Carr YWT. Further south, the Great Reed Warbler also remained at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Red-footed Falcons were in County Wexford (3), County Kildare and Hertfordshire, whilst the Red-rumped Swallow remained on Orkney. The King Eider was seen again on the Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire, Scarcity highlights included Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk, Woodchat Shrike in Yorkshire, four migrant Golden Orioles, Icterine Warbler on Shetland, Purple Heron in Suffolk, three Balearic Shearwaters, Pomarine Skua in County Wexford, four migrant Honey Buzzards, two Ring-necked Ducks and single Glaucous and Iceland Gulls in Yorkshire and Northumberland respectively. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 26th May 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Black-browed Albatross off Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire early in the morning before flying further out to sea. On the Isles of Scilly a
White-throated Sparrow was a long-awaited first for the archipelago whilst discoveries elsewhere included a
Blue-winged Teal in Leicestershire at Groby Pool, a Red-rumped Swallow in Suffolk at Trimley Marshes and single
Red-footed Falcons in Hertfordshire at Wilstone Reservoir and County Kildare at Timahoe West. Meanwhile, lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire,
Red-rumped Swallow on the Orkney Isles and territorial Iberian Chiffchaffs in Gwent, Kent and South Yorkshire. Brief encounters comprised a Black Stork in Highland, a Glossy Ibis in County Kerry, Alpine Swift in Kent, Bee-eater in West Sussex and Black Kites in Cornwall (2) and Somerset. Scarcities included nine Temminck's Stints spread across seven counties, two each of Red-backed Shrike and migrant Golden Orioles, Purple Heron (Suffolk), Bluethroat (Wirral), Common Rosefinch (Lancashire), Serin (Dorset), Marsh Warbler (Suffolk), Hoopoe (Cornwall), Great White Egret (Carmarthenshire), Pectoral Sandpiper and Cattle Egret (both Lincolnshire). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 25th May 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a lingering Red-rumped Swallow on the Orkney Isles on South Ronaldsay. Elsewhere, the newly discovered rarities chose not to linger:
White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Red-footed Falcon in Norfolk and single Black Kites in both Hampshire and West Sussex were seen only by their finders. On the Western Isles the elusive Black Stork showed again, whilst other lingering rarities comprised the Forster's Tern still in County Wexford, Wilson's Phalarope in Merseyside, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire and territorial Iberian Chiffchaffs in each of Gwent, Kent and South Yorkshire. Scarcities included 19 Temminck's Stints spread across ten counties, four migrant Golden Orioles, three Purple Herons, two each of Common Rosefinch and White-winged Black Tern (the latter together in Leicestershire) and single Serin (Leicestershire), Bluethroat (Wirral), Icterine Warbler (East Yorkshire), Marsh Warbler and Great White Egret (both Suffolk), Red-backed Shrike (County Durham), Hoopoe (West Sussex), Long-tailed Skua (Highland), Pectoral Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire) and Glaucous Gull (County Wicklow). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 22nd May 2010 | ||
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| Today's highlights included an adult female Wilson's Phalarope at
Seaforth LWT, Merseyside, and a Squacco Heron at Par, Cornwall, both
present this evening. A female Red-footed Falcon was seen in a field near
Penicuik, Lothian briefly, whilst an Alpine Swift was in the Plymouth
area of Devon. Black Kites were in Devon and Cornwall (the latter county
seeing a significant movement of Red Kites during the day), and Bee-eaters
were seen or heard in Ceredigion, Scilly and Norfolk (two).
The Black Stork was reported again from the Western Isles, this time on Berneray, with lingering rarities including Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire and single Iberian Chiffchaffs in Gwent, Kent and Yorkshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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