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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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| Sunday 14th May 2006 | ||
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| A cracking male Turkestan Shrike (form phoenicuroides) was found at
Whitburn Bird Observatory in Co. Durham in the morning but sadly was not seen
again after it flew north at about 9am. At the other end of the country a
Gull-billed Tern performed well on the River Caen at Braunton in Devon. A
Red-footed Falcon was found at Walland Marsh in Kent, with a Red-rumped
Swallow at Old Head on Kinsale Co Cork, a Great White Egret at
Rosslare Back Strand, Co Wexford and an Alpine Swift reported over
Southend in Essex in the afternoon. The Calandra Lark continued to show on and off on the Isle of May in Fife and the Lesser Scaup at Brampton in Suffolk also proved popular. Broad-billed Sandpipers were still on the Humber Estuary at Spurn and at Tacumshin in County Wexford. New Purple Herons were at Fingringhoe in Essex and in the Slimbridge/Frampton area of Gloucestershire but typically, they were mostly seen in flight. New Woodchat Shrikes were found at Portland, Dorset, on Bryher, Scilly and at Boyton Marshes in Suffolk and a Bee-eater flew past Grune Point in Cumbria. Other typical mid-May fare included Temminck's Stints in Lincolnshire, Cleveland, Norfolk and Essex, a trip of 12 Dotterel briefly in Norfolk with another 16 still in north Lincolnshire, a smattering of Spoonbills and several Garganey scattered throughout the country. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 10th May 2006 | ||
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| Shetland once again stole the limelight with a superb Scops Owl on
Mainland at Swining. Like the Collared Flycatcher - that remained nearby at Brow
Marsh – Scops Owl is becoming something of a Shetland speciality with four
records in the last six years. Notable finds elsewhere included a Lesser Scaup at Bramford, Suffolk in the evening (only the second county record) and a Black Stork present briefly on North Ronaldsay, Orkney. Both the Iberian Chiffchaffs remained at Postbridge, Devon and Pressmennan Lake, Lothian with sonograms of the latter bird's song confirming its identity. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 9th May 2006 | ||
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| A stunning male Collared Flycatcher at Brow Marsh, Shetland was the
prize find today. Although a very rare bird anywhere in Britain it is the tenth
spring record for Shetland – with five of these falling in the last nine years. Another exciting find came in the form of a pair Gull-billed Terns tracked moving north along the English northeast coast. Initially passing Hartlepool, Cleveland they were later noted past various coastal sites in Co.Durham and Northumberland. Elsewhere a Long-billed Dowitcher was found on North Uist, Western Isles, a Black Stork flew over Wester Clunes, Highland, a Great White Egret appeared at Roadford Reservoir, Devon and a Black Kite flew over the Isle the Grain then Cliffe Pools, Kent. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 8th May 2006 | ||
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| The discovery of three Subalpine Warblers in Scotland was the high
point of day. In Fife one was on the Isle of May whilst on Shetland a male
Eastern Subalpine Warbler was singing at Vidlin with a Western Subalpine
Warbler at nearby Grutness. No doubt associated with this arrival, Fair Isle
enjoyed a bumper day with Short-toed Lark, six Bluethroats, three
Red-backed Shrikes and a Waxwing all logged. Both Iberian Chiffchaffs – at Pressmennan Lake, Lothian and Postbridge, Devon – continued to deliver their charactersistic song, whilst the Citrine Wagtail remained a popular attraction at Holland Haven, Essex. |
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| Sunday 7th May 2006 | ||
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| The rarest find of the day was a fine male Caspian Stonechat (of the
form variegatus) at Virkie on Mainland, Shetland. This is only the second record
of this form in Britain. A Laughing Gull found at Cromer in Norfolk (and
later seen at Cley) was not altogether unexpected given the chance of some of
last autumns influx moving north through the country this spring. Another good
find was a female Citrine Wagtail at Holland Haven in Essex. Other new rarities found during the day included a Red-rumped Swallow in off the sea at Dungeness in Kent, an Eastern Subalpine Warbler at Sumburgh Head, Mainland, Shetland, a Laughing Gull at Marazion, Cornwall, Black Kites in Lancashire and East Sussex, and a Black Stork briefly near Holt in Norfolk. Two belated reports included an American Robin on the 4th near Aviemore in Highland and a Bee-eater on the 6th on Stronsay, Orkney. Records of Roseate Terns at inland waters are always unusual, so six different birds found inland during the day was exceptional. They were in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire and Staffordshire. Other notable birds included a Common Rosefinch at Blakeney Point, Norfolk, Hoopoes in Dorset and East Yorkshire, Woodchat Shrikes in Cornwall, Hampshire and Cumbria, a Short-toed Lark in Cleveland, a Serin over The Gower, Glamorgan and a smattering of Temminck's Stints. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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