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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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| Wednesday 15th November 2006 | ||
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| The main news of the day broke late, when the Black Kite at Holbeach
St Matthew, Lincolnshire was re-identifed as a Black-eared Kite (Milvus migrans
lineatus). The form lineatus is the Eastern Palearctic counterpart of
Black Kite, and is the first British record of the form. It is currently
treated as a separate species by some authorities (Sibley and Monroe and Dutch
Birding Association) though not by the BOU.
There was disappointment for some when the Long-billed Murrelet could not be relocated off Dawlish, Devon although high winds and choppy seas may have allowed the bird to avoid detection. The other main news of the day involved a promising-looking female probable Redhead at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland. Other long-staying rarities included the Red-breasted Geese in Lincolnshire various, Long-billed Dowitchers, the Cattle Egret in Devon, the Glossy Ibis in Lancs, the King Eider in Aberdeenshire and a Dusky Warbler at Spurn. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 6th November 2006 | ||
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| With few new rarities being found a White-rumped Sandpiper in Co Mayo was the best of the bunch. A male
King Eider reappeared at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the Desert Wheatear and two
Little Buntings remained on the Isles of Scilly and the Dusky Warbler
continued at Lowestoft, Suffolk. A late Woodchat Shrike lingered near Marlborough, Devon and the
nineteenth Pallas's Warbler of the autumn was reported in Chiswick, London. Long staying rarities that are beginning to look that they may spend the winter include the Glossy Ibis in Lancashire, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent and Red-breasted Geese in Dorset and Lincolnshire (two). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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