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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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| Saturday 22nd May 2010 | ||
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| Today's highlights included an adult female Wilson's Phalarope at
Seaforth LWT, Merseyside, and a Squacco Heron at Par, Cornwall, both
present this evening. A female Red-footed Falcon was seen in a field near
Penicuik, Lothian briefly, whilst an Alpine Swift was in the Plymouth
area of Devon. Black Kites were in Devon and Cornwall (the latter county
seeing a significant movement of Red Kites during the day), and Bee-eaters
were seen or heard in Ceredigion, Scilly and Norfolk (two).
The Black Stork was reported again from the Western Isles, this time on Berneray, with lingering rarities including Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire and single Iberian Chiffchaffs in Gwent, Kent and Yorkshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 20th May 2010 | ||
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| The eighth Brown Shrike for Britain was discovered this evening at
Sennen Cove, Cornwall, where it remained elusive until dusk. This is the fourth
record since 2008.
Other new discoveries today included a Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Shetland, where the White-throated Sparrow remained present, a Tawny Pipit at Kessingland, Suffolk and a Black Kite over St Austell, Cornwall. Lingering rarities included Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire and Iberian Chiffchaffs in Gwent, Yorkshire and Kent. Scarcity highlight was a Red-breasted Flycatcher on Shetland, with a scattering of Golden Orioles, Temminck's Stints, Honey Buzzards and Purple Herons being the best of the rest. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 19th May 2010 | ||
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| The third White-throated Sparrow in Britain this year was found on
Fair Isle, Shetland, and late news concerned the second Dark-eyed Junco
this year, present in a garden in Folkestone, Kent from Saturday to Monday. A
Black Kite was at the Loch of Strathbeg RSPB, Aberdeenshire mid afternoon.
Long staying rarities included Oriental Pratincole in Lincolnshire, Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire and Iberian Chiffchaffs in Kent, Yorkshire and Gwent. Scarcities were headlined by White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk, Purple Herons in Yorkshire and Kent, Ring-necked Duck in Fife, Serin in Kent, Dotterels in Suffolk and Sussex, White Stork in Yorkshire, Golden Oriole in the Isles of Scilly and Pomarine Skua in Lancashire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 14th May 2010 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Oriental Pratincole still in Lincolnshire, an
American Golden Plover new in County Mayo, Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Red-rumped Swallow in South Yorkshire,
Broad-billed Sandpipers in both Highland and Lothian, King Eiders in both Aberdeenshire and the Shetland Isles and territorial
Iberian Chiffchaffs in Gwent, Kent and South Yorkshire. A Black Kite was seen briefly in Norfolk and the
Spotted Sandpiper was heard again in Lothian. Scarcities included 48 migrant Dotterel in four trips, 10 Temminck's Stints, three Woodchat Shrikes, two each of American Wigeon and Glaucous Gull, White-spotted Bluethroat (Norfolk), Purple Heron (Kent) and Surf Scoter (Lothian). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 13th May 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a wader-double for Lothian with the discovery of a
Broad-billed Sandpiper at Tyninghame Bay soon being followed by a Spotted Sandpiper at North Berwick. Elsewhere in Scotland, a
White-billed Diver was found at Deerness, Orkney Isles. Lingering rarities comprised the Oriental Pratincole still in Lincolnshire, Forster's Tern in County Wexford, Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Highland, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Red-rumped Swallow in South Yorkshire and territorial Iberian Chiffchaffs in each of Gwent, Kent and South Yorkshire. Scarcities included 25 Dotterel in four trips, 10 migrant Temminck's Stints, three Woodchat Shrikes, two Iceland Gulls and single White-spotted Bluethroat (Norfolk), Serin (Dorset), Red-necked Phalarope (Kent), Surf Scoter (Lothian), American Wigeon (Western Isles), Ring-necked Duck (County Mayo) and Great White Egret (Cambridgeshire). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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