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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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| Thursday 15th April 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the White-billed Diver in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and
Glossy Ibis in County Wexford. Scarcities included seven Shorelarks (together in Lincolnshire), three Green-winged Teals, two each of Surf Scoter (together in Fife), White Stork (together in Glamorgan) and Great White Egret and single Ring-necked Duck (Oxfordshire) and Ring-billed Gull (Shetland Isles). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 14th April 2010 | ||
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| Two White-billed Divers were seen off Burghead, Moray this afternoon,
with one lingering into the evening. On the Western Isles, a male Snowy Owl
was found on North Uist, whilst further south, a Lesser Scaup was at
Shapwick Heath NNR, Somerset. A Ferruginous Duck also remained in the
latter county.
Scarcities seen today included a White Stork in Dorset, Hoopoe in Argyll, Great White Egret in Somerset, two Surf Scoters, two Glaucous Gulls, Iceland Gull in Devon, Caspian Gull in Yorkshire, five Spoonbills, nine Waxwings and seven Shorelarks in Lincolnshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 11th April 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Balearic Woodchat Shrike
in Cornwall. Elsewhere, the elusive Two-barred Crossbill remained in Bedfordshire, a King Eider was found in Aberdeenshire, a
White-billed Diver showed again on the Western Isles, Glossy Ibis lingered in County Wexford and Somerset (2) and an
Alpine Swift flew over Durlston, Dorset. Scarcities included 22 Shorelarks, five each of Hoopoes and Great White Egret, three each of Iceland Gull and Caspian Gull (Suffolk), two each of Ring-necked Duck, Ring-billed Gull (County Cork) and Glaucous Gull and single Woodchat Shrike (Cornwall), Wryneck (Suffolk), Surf Scoter (Devon), Green-winged Teal (Fife), Black Brant (Norfolk) and Tundra Bean Goose (Lancashire) were all recorded. In Wales the two White Storks remained on Anglesey until mid morning before disappearing, only to reappear over Penmaenmawr, Conwy late in the afternoon. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 10th April 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Balearic Woodchat Shrike in Cornwall at Ruan Pool. Elsewhere, on the Western Isles six
White-billed Divers were located off the Isle of Lewis and in Essex an Alpine Swift flew over Braintree. Lingering rarities included the elusive Two-barred Crossbill still in Bedfordshire, the Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan and two Glossy Ibises in Somerset. Scarcities were represented by five Hoopoes, three each of Lapland Bunting and Glaucous Gull, two each of Surf Scoter, Great White Egret, Ring-billed Gull (County Cork), Great Grey Shrike, Green-winged Teal and Iceland Gull and single Woodchat Shrike (Cornwall), Serin (Kent), Ring-necked Duck (Orkney Isles), Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire) and Caspian Gull (Kent). Two White Storks together on Anglesey at Wylfa Head this evening were presumably the same pair reported yesterday in Somerset and last being noted 140 miles southeast of their current location; migrating north over Rogerstone. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 9th April 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Black Duck in Conwy at Glan Conwy, although it proved to be most elusive today. Elsewhere, the two Glossy Ibises remained in Somerset whilst a scattering of scarcities comprised four each of Snow Goose and Great Grey Shrike, three each of Hoopoe, Surf Scoter and Iceland Gull, two each of Serin, Lapland Bunting (Western Isles), Glaucous Gull, Waxwing (Bedfordshire) and Great White Egret and single Woodchat Shrike, Cattle Egret and Dotterel (all in Cornwall), Wryneck (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (County Cork) and Green-winged Teal (Pembrokeshire). | ||
| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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