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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 31st August 2007 | ||
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| County Wexford was still the centre of attention, although the news today was disappointing, as there was no sign of the Red-necked Stint at Carne Harbour all day. The county did continue to host a Wilson's Phalarope at Lady's Island Lake and a new Buff-breasted Sandpiper was at Tacumshin. In England, an eclipse drake or female Blue-winged Teal was found at Haverton Hole in Cleveland and there was a juvenile White-winged Black Tern on 'The Patch' off the power station at Dungeness, although it is impossible to know if this is a different bird to the one which frequented the reserve a few days ago. In Shetland, the Hudsonian Whimbrel spent another day on Fair Isle and there was a Melodious Warbler on Unst. The Black Stork was seen again over the Alaw Estuary in Anglesey and Great White Egrets remained in Lancashire and Wiltshire. Spotted Crakes were in Essex and Gloucestershire and a popular Red-backed Shrike remained at Rainham in London. | ||
| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 30th August 2007 | ||
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| The Red-necked Stint remained in County Wexford, although it was not
relocated until the evening when it again returned to Carne harbour at high tide
and showed very well to a small crowd. Nearby the Wilson's Phalarope was
still at Lady's Island Lake. A Great White Egret was found at Marshside
Marsh RSPB Lancs, the Hudsonian Whimbrel was relocated and photographed
on Fair Isle, Shetland, and a Baird's Sandpiper was reported at Irvine,
Ayrshire.
Lingering birds included single Great White Egrets at Cotswold Water Park, Wilts, and at Leighton Moss RSPB Lancs, the Bonaparte's Gull on South Uist and the Glossy Ibis at Marshside Marsh Lancs, as well as belated news of the summering Killdeer still at Virkie, Shetland yesterday, but there was no sign today of the Franklin's Gull at Braunton, Devon. |
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| - Dick Filby, RBA | ||
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| Friday 24th August 2007 | ||
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| North Norfolk was the centre of attention today with thirteen Greenish Warblers
recorded between Holme and Sea Palling alongside a supporting cast of six Red-backed
Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, three Wrynecks and singles of
Icterine Warbler, Spotted Crake and Red-necked Phalarope. Elsewhere, associated arrivals included single
Greenish Warblers in both Suffolk and Kent as well as a further thirteen
Wrynecks, four Red-backed Shrikes and a Hoopoe. Other fresh discoveries included a Wilson's Phalarope at Willen Lake, Buckinghamshire (suspected to be the individual present recently in both Co Durham and North Yorkshire), an American Golden Plover at Cromane Co Kerry, White-winged Black Tern at Abberton Reservoir Essex, Great White Egret at Lodmoor Dorset and - in pride of place - a Fea's Petrel seen this evening from the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles. The Black Stork showed again on Anglesey as did the Great White Egret in Wiltshire, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, Long-billed Dowitcher in Co Clare, two Wilson’s Petrels off the Isles of Scilly, single White-rumped Sandpipers in both Aberdeenshire and Dorset and Ferruginous Ducks in East Yorkshire and Somerset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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