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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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| Monday 26th May 2008 | ||
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| On the Shetlands, two new Subalpine Warblers were found on Mainland,
one at Sumburgh, and another at Scatness. Also on Shetland a Tawny Pipit
remained at Boddam on Mainland and two Icterine Warblers were on Fair
Isle. Other eastern birds brought in by strong easterlies included an
Icterine Warbler in Orkney and on the Yorkshire coast, three Icterine
Warblers, a Red-breasted Flycatcher and a Golden Oriole, along
with a new Red-footed Falcon at Howden and the lingering Broad-billed
Sandpiper on the Humber Estuary at Spurn.
Other Red-footed Falcons could still be found near Livingston in Lothian, near Ingleby in Derbyshire and on the New Forest in Hampshire. The Black Stork was seen again in Orkney, the Glossy Ibis remained at Marshside Marsh in Merseyside and single Cattle Egrets were reported from Kent, Dorset and Devon. A Black Kite was seen at Udimore in East Sussex and a Tawny Pipit remained at Rye Harbour where there was also belated news of a Bee-eater yesterday. A female Red-necked Phalarope was at Heacham in Norfolk and a number of Fulmars appeared inland to reward patch watchers. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 22nd May 2008 | ||
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| Red-footed Falcons continued to the most reported rarity today, with
birds in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire and Bedfordshire. New rarities
included a Savi's Warbler trapped and ringed on Fair Isle, Shetland, a
White-winged Black Tern at Hickling Broad NWT, Norfolk, and a Subalpine
Warbler on St.Kilda, Western Isles.
A Black Kite was watched for half an hour in Lancashire in the afternoon, and an American Golden Plover was present in County Wicklow. Scarce migrants included an Ortolan Bunting at Land's End, Cornwall, with two Golden Orioles nearby, a Bluethroat still on Inner Farne, Northumberland, Wryneck on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Short-toed Lark in Yorkshire and Scilly, Red-backed Shrike in Yorkshire and a Tawny Pipit at Waxham, Norfolk. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 21st May 2008 | ||
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| Another Great Reed Warbler was located today, in the reeds by the East
Bank, Cley NWT, Norfolk. The bird is probably a female, as it is not singing,
and is therefore proving tricky to relocate. The singing male remained at Amwell,
Hertfordshire. Bee-eaters were in Suffolk and Devon, and Red-footed
Falcons were at six sites, involving at least eight birds.
A Red-rumped Swallow was seen briefly in Essex, and lingering rarities included Forster's Tern in County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Shetland and the two Black-winged Stilts still at Neumann's Flash, Cheshire. Other notable records included an Ortolan Bunting on St Kilda, Western Isles, Bluethroats on Hilbre Island, Wirral, Inner Farne, Northumberland and St Kilda, Western Isles, Red-backed Shrike in Aberdeenshire and a Common Rosefinch on Orkney. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 20th May 2008 | ||
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| Belated news from Saturday concerned a White-crowned Sparrow in Fife,
which was photographed in a garden but not seen since. Today's new rarities
included a first-summer Bonaparte's Gull in Devon this evening, off
Exminster Marshes RSPB, and then at Bowling Green Marsh RSPB, an adult
White-tailed Eagle was near Braintree, Essex, a Great Reed Warbler
was at Amwell Gravel-pits, Hertfordshire and new Red-footed Falcons were
in Cornwall (two) and Essex, with six other birds still lingering.
Subalpine Warblers were at Wester Quarff, Shetland and Gorran Haven, Cornwall, with a Bee-eater in Somerset, Little Bittern still in Devon, King Eiders in Ayrshire and on Shetland and the male Snowy Owl remained on North Uist. A Broad-billed Sandpiper was present yesterday in Lincolnshire, at Alkborough Flats. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 19th May 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Rustic Bunting on Bardsey Island, Gwynedd with the other new discoveries consisting of brief encounters with a
Red-rumped Swallow in Kent and a Black Kite in Surrey In England lingering rarities comprised the Little Bittern in Dorset, Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, two Cattle Egrets in Gloucestershire and both Whiskered Tern and two Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire. Red-footed Falcons were seen in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Northamptonshire with two together in South Yorkshire. Elsewhere, in Scotland a Snowy Owl showed again on the Western Isles whilst single King Eiders stayed in Ayrshire and the Shetland Isles. In Wales the Black Duck remained in Pembrokeshire as did the Great White Egret in Powys and the Falcated Duck on Anglesey. In Ireland the Great White Egret was seen again in County Cork. Scarcities were represented by Red-breasted Flycatcher and Red-spotted Bluethroat together off the Isle of Man, Short-toed Lark off Devon, Woodchat Shrike in Cornwall, Wryneck in Norfolk and Temminck's Stints in Cambridgeshire (2), Kent (3) and Lincolnshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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