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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 8th July 2009 | ||
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| Cley in north Norfolk was the centre of attention today with the discovery of
an adult summer White-winged Black Tern which frequented the NWT reserve
during the afternoon and early evening. Also at Cley, the Buff-breasted
Sandpiper re-appeared in the evening following its absence during the day,
when what was presumably the same bird put in a brief appearance at Titchwell
RSPB. Six Spoonbills were also at Cley. In Kent a probable American
Golden Plover was seen briefly at Cliffe Pools and in Dorset, a Black
Kite flew over near Stoborough.
Lingering rarities included the singing River Warbler in Highland, the Little Bittern in Somerset and the Great White Egret on Mainland Orkney. There was a belated record of two Bee-eaters on Friday near Melverley in Shropshire. Of commoner birds, Quails are currently featuring heavily, particularly in the north. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 7th July 2009 | ||
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| The second Wilson's Petrel of the year was seen this evening, this
time from a pelagic out of the Isles of Scilly. In Highland, the male River
Warbler continued to sing and show very well at Applecross. Other lingering
rarities included the male Little Bittern in Somerset, Great White
Egret on Orkney and Cattle Egret on the Isle of Wight.
Scarcities included the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Cley NWT, Norfolk, where nine Spoonbills also remained, the male Marsh Warbler at Otmoor RSPB, Oxfordshire, an adult Long-tailed Skua from a boat west of Gairloch, Highland and also several Roseate Terns and Balearic Shearwaters around the country. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 4th July 2009 | ||
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| Seabirds started to feature today with a Scopoli's Shearwater seen
from a pelagic off the Scillies, whilst in County Cork a total of 53 Cory's
Shearwaters and 3 Great Shearwaters passed southern headlands during
the day. Elsewhere, Caspian Terns were the order of the day: one found in
the morning at Welney in west Norfolk proved to be a popular attraction; whilst
in Scotland there was another at the Ythan Estuary in Aberdeenshire.
There was another belated report of Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, this one was seen and photographed on 21st June at Needs Ore Point on the Solent in Hampshire. Could it have been the same bird which then wandered to north Devon? Also in Hampshire there was a report of a possible Gull-billed Tern at Titchfield Haven today. In Highland the River Warbler continued to sing near Applecross and in Aberdeenshire the Great White Egret remained at the Ythan Estuary. Elsewhere the Marsh Warbler was still holding territory at Otmoor in Oxfordshire. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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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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