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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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| Tuesday 3rd November 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Red-rumped Swallow at Aberlady, Lothian. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Brown Shrike still in Surrey, Fan-tailed Warbler in Kent, Radde's Warbler in Cornwall, Dusky Warbler in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, American Golden Plover in Cornwall, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Oxfordshire and Great White Egrets in both Kent and Lincolnshire. Scarcities included seven Lapland Buntings, five Green-winged Teals, two each of Ring-necked Duck, Yellow-browed Warbler and Little Auk and single Rough-legged Buzzard (County Durham), Pectoral Sandpiper (Nottinghamshire), Sabine's Gull (Northumberland), Great Grey Shrike (Powys) and Black Brant (Dorset). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 2nd November 2009 | ||
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| Newly discovered rarities today were a Dusky Warbler in Suffolk at Gunton, an
American Golden Plover in Cornwall at Dozmary Pool and a Taverner's Canada Goose on Islay, Argyll. Lingering rarities comprised the Brown Shrike still in Surrey, Fan-tailed Warbler in Kent, Olive-backed Pipit on the Isles of Scilly, Radde's Warbler in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Oxfordshire, Glossy Ibises in Somerset (3) and West Sussex (2) and Great White Egrets in Kent, Lancashire (3) and Suffolk. Scarcities included five each of Yellow-browed Warbler and Lapland Bunting, three Great Grey Shrikes, two each of Ring-necked Duck, Sabine's Gull, Ring-billed Gull and Shorelark and single Short-toed Lark (Orkney Isles), Barred Warbler and Richard's Pipit (both Aberdeenshire), Long-tailed Skua (Cornwall), Little Auk (Isles of Scilly), Green-winged Teal (Norfolk) and Black Brant (Dorset). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 1st November 2009 | ||
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| The Brown Shrike remained in Surrey, as did the Fan-tailed Warbler in Kent,
Forster's Tern between County Dublin and County Meath, Olive-backed Pipit
on the Isles of Scilly, Radde's Warbler and Greenish Warbler in Cornwall,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, American Golden Plover in County Down,
Glossy Ibises in Somerset (5) and County Wexford, two Cattle Egrets in Somerset and
Great White Egrets in Essex, Lancashire (3) and Suffolk. Scarcities included six Yellow-browed Warblers, five Shorelarks, four Bluethroats, three Ring-necked Ducks, two each of Short-toed Lark, Richard's Pipit and Great Grey Shrike and single Little Bunting (East Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (Derbyshire), Lapland Bunting (West Sussex), Black Brant (County Sligo), Sabine's Gull and Green-winged Teal (Northumberland). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 31st October 2009 | ||
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| A Swainson's Thrush showed well all day at Old Head of Kinsale, County
Cork, although the news didn't reach a wider audience until late this evening.
Two Olive-backed Pipits were found at opposite ends of the country, one
on the Isles of Scilly and the other on Shetland, with a Blue-winged Teal
also on the latter. Single Red-rumped Swallows were at Thorpeness,
Suffolk and Helvick Head, County Waterford, and a Radde's Warbler was
trapped at Abbotsbury Swannery, Dorset.
The Greenish Warbler remained at Church Cove, Cornwall (its identity proven by sonograms), with other lingering rarities including Brown Shrike in Surrey, Fan-tailed Warbler in Kent, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Oxfordshire, Pied Wheatear in Fife, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, Radde's Warbler in Cornwall, American Golden Plover in County Cork, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Lancashire and Cheshire and Glossy Ibises in Kent (2), Sussex (3) and County Wexford. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 30th October 2009 | ||
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| The identity of the phylloscopus warbler on The Lizard, Cornwall still hasn't
been resolved, with very little news coming out of the site. It was last
reported at 12.30pm, but not since.
In Norfolk, an Olive-backed Pipit was near Wells briefly before flying south-west. Nearby, in Wells Woods, the Common Crossbill flock is thought to contain at least one possible Parrot Crossbill. A Red-breasted Goose which flew past Thorpeness, Suffolk with Brent Geese may have been a genuine vagrant, or it may have been the regular feral Southwold individual. A new American Golden Plover was present at Kirkistown, County Down, two Glossy Ibises were at Pagham Harbour, West Sussex and a Great White Egret flew over Hilbre Island, Wirral. Lingering rarities included the Brown Shrike in Surrey for its 20th day, making it the longest staying Brown Shrike in Britain and Ireland, beating the 19 day County Kerry bird in 1999. The Fan-tailed Warbler was seen again in Kent, as was the Pied Wheatear in Fife, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cheshire, Radde's Warbler in Cornwall and three Richardson's Canada Geese are on Islay, Argyll, together with a parvipes Lesser Canada Goose. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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