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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 1st July 2009 | ||
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| The place to be today was Blennerville in County Kerry in south west Ireland,
where the discovery of a Caspian Tern in the late morning was bettered in
the afternoon when an adult Audouin's Gull was found. The latter is the
first record for Ireland.
A Cattle Egret was seen briefly at Belmont Reservoir in Lancashire in the evening. The Marsh Warbler remained in Oxfordshire, nine Spoonbills were at Cley in Norfolk and a Red-necked Phalarope was still on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Otherwise the autumn wader passage is starting to get underway with common species such as Green Sandpipers and Greenshanks being seen at many sites. An unseasonal Arctic Skua was at Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire in the evening. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 30th June 2009 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Forster's Tern in County Wexford,
Black Duck in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. Elsewhere, brief encounters included a
Squacco Heron in Wiltshire at Upavon and a Bee-eater at Stiffkey, Norfolk. A Red-backed Shrike in Cleveland and a Marsh Warbler in Oxfordshire headlined the scarcities whilst numbers of Wood Sandpiper (9), Spotted Redshank (45) and Crossbill (156) continue to be recorded. Significant late news from yesterday concerned an adult male Pallid Harrier at Toseland, Cambridgeshire briefly in the early afternoon. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 29th June 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bee-eater at Pott Row, Norfolk. A
Great White Egret was seen briefly at Reculver, Kent whilst another remained in Aberdeenshire, as did the
Little Bittern in Somerset and the Black Duck in Cornwall. Early autumn aggregations included 26 Spotted Redshanks together in Kent, 24 Green Sandpipers in London, 11 Spoonbills in Norfolk, 11 Wood Sandpipers in Lincolnshire and three Quail in Oxfordshire. Crossbills totaled 188 in seven counties including 110 in two flocks on the Orkney Isles. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 28th June 2009 | ||
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| Lingering rarities proved to be the day's highlights comprising the territorial
Little Bittern still in Somerset, Black Duck in Cornwall, three Cattle Egrets together in County Cork and single
Great White Egrets recorded in each of Aberdeenshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included a Purple Heron again in Somerset, a Serin still in Dorset, Surf Scoter in Aberdeenshire and Marsh Warblers in Oxfordshire and the Shetland Isles. Species engaged in post-breeding influxes included Crossbill (303 recorded in six counties including 172 on the Orkney Isles and 117 on the Shetland Isles), Wood Sandpiper (21 in seven counties including eight in Lincolnshire) and Spotted Redshank (93 across seven counties including 33 in Suffolk at Minsmere and 30 in Kent at Elmley Marshes). |
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| Wednesday 24th June 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the confirmation of the presence of a Stilt Sandpiper at The Cull, County Wexford for a second day. Lingering rarities confirmed as still being present today comprised the Lesser Scaup in the Shetland Isles at Loch of Benston and the Ferruginous Duck at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset. Scarcities included a Red-breasted Flycatcher on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles, and singing Marsh Warblers in Hertfordshire at Amwell and Oxfordshire at Otmoor, with another suspected on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 23rd June 2009 | ||
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| New arrivals today included a male Western Subalpine Warbler on Ramsey
Island, Pembrokeshire, a Black Kite over Crampmoor, Hampshire, and at
least one Bee-eater in Dorset, on Portland at 9.23am and at Durlston
Country Park at 4.10pm. Long staying rarities included the male Little
Bittern and drake Ferruginous Duck in Somerset.
Single male Marsh Warblers were present in Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Gwynedd and on Orkney, and a Pectoral Sandpiper was at Greatham Creek, Cleveland this evening. The rather unseasonal summer plumaged Snow Bunting reappeared at Cley, Norfolk. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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