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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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| Friday 23rd June 2006 | ||
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| The star bird today was an adult Bridled Tern in northwest Scotland that flew past a boat in The Minch
between the Western Isles and Highland early in the evening. The last truly twitchable Bridled Tern was over fifteen years ago
and the next accessible individual will attract quite a crowd. This incredible sighting was made all the more remarkable in that
the boat contained ten keen twitchers heading out to Sula Sgeir hoping to connect
with the summering Black-browed Albatross. Tomorrow will reveal whether their trip produces an incredible seabird double-whammy for some of the participants. A male Red-backed Shrike and a Serin were surprise mid summer finds at Portland, Dorset whilst a belated report of a White-billed Diver was received from Gairloch, Highland. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 19th June 2006 | ||
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| Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Snowy Owl in coastal northwest Scotland at Scourie. Although at a typical latitude for British records of Snowy Owl if this bird chose to linger it would become the first twitchable Snowy Owl on the Scottish mainland in a decade. Elsewhere, a White-winged Black Tern put in a brief appearance at Snettisham, Norfolk before heading out over The Wash. On Shetland the Bee-eater, first reported last Wednesday, was relocated on Yell and showed into the evening. In East Yorkshire three Common Cranes near Aldbrough were notable. Belated confirmation was received that the first-summer harrier present at Whixall Moss, Shropshire for more than a week was a Montagu's Harrier - not a Pallid (or Hen) Harrier as previously suspected. |
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| Wednesday 14th June 2006 | ||
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| In Thrupp, Oxfordshire the Scops Owl continued singing for over an hour after dawn and resumed well before dusk. Although in the main elusive the bird was glimpsed on occasion and showed well at least once today. A Marsh Sandpiper at Dungeness, Kent was perhaps the same bird as that seen at Reculver, Kent briefly last Sunday. Found on Denge Marsh during the morning the bird became elusive during the afternoon. Elsewhere, in Co Wexford the Night Heron showed again at Tacumshin whilst on Shetland a small arrival of late drift migrants included a Marsh Warbler and a Red-backed Shrike on Unst and Red-backed Shrikes on both Whalsay and Mainland at Virkie. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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