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| Saturday 14th August 2010 | ||
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| The first big movement of autumn migrants occurred today, with, predictably,
the east coast faring the best. The headline bird was a Thrush Nightingale
on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, followed closely by an Ortolan Bunting
at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and a Greenish Warbler at Wells, Norfolk.
Further north, an Arctic Warbler was on Fair Isle, Shetland.
A Blue-winged Teal was at Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, Cambridgeshire this evening, and a Glossy Ibis was seen briefly at Keyhaven, Hampshire. Lingering rarities included Whiskered Tern in Cleveland and Glossy Ibis in County Wexford. Scarcities included at least four Icterine Warblers, three Red-backed Shrikes, two Barred Warblers, five Wrynecks, a Purple Heron and a Spotted Crake. |
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Daily news summaries
Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.
Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Friday 13th August 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Whiskered Tern in Cleveland, a mobile
Glossy Ibis in Dorset, the Laughing Gull in County Antrim and a
Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk. Scarcities included three Great White Egrets, two Cattle Egrets, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Norfolk), Spotted Crake (Kent), Ring-necked Duck (Fife) and Caspian Gull (Nottinghamshire). Seawatching highlights included single Long-tailed Skuas off each of East Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland, a Cory's Shearwater passing Norfolk and two Sabine's Gulls seen from County Mayo. Scarce drift migrants comprised an Icterine Warbler in Norfolk and a Wryneck in Cleveland. Significant late news from Ireland concerned a Wilson's Petrel seen yesterday off County Galway and an Azorean Yellow-legged Gull present last Sunday in County Kerry at Bennerville. |
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| Thursday 12th August 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was reappearance of the female Snowy Owl on Tarmon Hill, County Mayo for it's fifth successive autumn. In previous years it has first been recorded between 26th August and 9th September and has remained until as late as the 13th October. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the Pacific Golden Plover still on the Western Isles, the Whiskered Tern still in Cleveland, Laughing Gull in County Antrim, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cheshire and the Isles of Scilly, Greenish Warbler on the Orkney Isles and single Glossy Ibis in both Dorset and County Wexford. Scarcities included four Surf Scoters (together in Aberdeenshire), two Great White Egrets, Sabine's Gull, Long-tailed Skua, Purple Heron, Spotted Crake and Cattle Egret (the last three all in Kent). |
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| Wednesday 11th August 2010 | ||
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| A quieter day today, with rarity highlights including Greenish Warbler
at Sumburgh, Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs on St Agnes, Scilly, Pacific
Golden Plover on South Uist, Western Isles, American Herring Gull at
Blennerville, County Kerry and Glossy Ibis at Tacumshin, County Wexford.
Scarcities recorded today included Spotted Crake in Kent, Dotterel in Yorkshire, Icterine Warbler on Shetland, Pectoral Sandpipers in Northumberland and Norfolk and Ring-necked Duck in Fife. |
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| Tuesday 10th August 2010 | ||
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| Early autumn rarities continued to arrive today, with a Greenish Warbler
at Sumburgh, Shetland, and another for its second day at Finstown, Orkney. An
Icterine Warbler was on Yell, Shetland, a Spotted Crake was at Grove
Ferry, Kent and a Dotterel was near Aldbrough, Yorkshire.
Two Wilson's Petrels were seen from a pelagic off County Kerry, and late news concerned a report of a King Eider north of Winterton, Norfolk yesterday. Lingering rarities included Baird's Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Isles of Scilly, White-rumped Sandpiper and Whiskered Tern in Cleveland and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. Scarce seabirds included 14 Great Shearwaters, four Cory's Shearwaters, three Long-tailed Skuas, a Pomarine Skua and a Sabine's Gull. |
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| Monday 9th August 2010 | ||
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| All today's new rarities were Nearctic waders - a White-rumped Sandpiper
at South Gare (Cleveland), Lesser Yellowlegs on St Agnes (Isles of
Scilly) and a possible Semipalmated Sandpiper at Blacktoft Sands RSPB
(East Yorkshire). In Nottinghamshire the Baird's Sandpiper lingered at
Lound.
Elsewhere, lingering rarities included Whiskered Tern in Cleveland, American Herring Gull in Co Kerry, Pacific Golden Plover on Western Isles and a probable Greenish Warbler was on Mainland Orkney. A Wilson's Petrel was logged from an Isles of Scilly pelagic, a juvenile Kentish Plover joined a high tide wader roost at Seasalter (Kent), Melodious Warblers were on Farne Islands (Northumberland) and Portland (Dorset), two Purple Herons and a Great White Egret lingered at Dungeness (Kent) and Great White Egrets were also seen in Somerset (2) and Cornwall. A Spotted Crake was briefly at Dorman's Pool (Cleveland). |
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| Sunday 8th August 2010 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a White-rumped Sandpiper at Gibraltar
Point, Lincolnshire, another at Tacumshin, County Wexford and a Wilson's
Petrel past Bridges of Ross, County Clare.
Lingering rarities still present included Baird's Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire, Pacific Golden Plover on the Western Isles, Glossy Ibis in County Wexford, American Herring Gull in County Kerry, Whiskered Tern in Cleveland and single Ferruginous Ducks in Suffolk and Somerset. |
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| Saturday 7th August 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Baird's Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire. Elsewhere, lingering rarities included the
Whiskered Tern in Cleveland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cheshire, Alpine Swift
on the Orkney Isles, Glossy Ibis in County Wexford and Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk. An
American Golden Plover was seen briefly along the Norfolk/Lincolnshire border at the mouth of the River Nene. Scarcities today comprised two each of both Great White Egret and Ring-billed Gull, Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Kentish Plover, White-spotted Bluethroat and Pectoral Sandpiper in Norfolk, Serin in London, Purple Heron and Cattle Egret together in Kent and a Ring-necked Duck in Fife, whilst at least 34 Balearic Shearwaters were recorded from coastal watchpoints in eight counties between Cornwall, County Durham and County Mayo. |
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| Friday 6th August 2010 | ||
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| On Shetland, a Paddyfield Warbler on Unst was just the fourth August
record, with September being by far the best month for records of this species.
A Baird's Sandpiper at the Idle Valley NR, Nottinghamshire, was the
second for both county and site whilst a Lesser Yellowlegs in County
Dublin was more expected, being the seventh for the county.
Lingering rarities included Whiskered Tern in Cleveland and Alpine Swift on Orkney, whilst a Wilson's Petrel was seen again from a Scilly pelagic and two probable Yelkouan Shearwaters flew past Porthgwarra, Cornwall. |
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| Thursday 5th August 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the confirmation of both the identity and the continued presence of two
Semipalmated Sandpipers in England: one at Port Carlisle, Cumbria present since 28th July and one at Lodmoor, Dorset present since 3rd August. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the House Finch still in Devon, American Herring Gull in County Kerry, Whiskered Tern in Cleveland, Little Bittern in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cheshire, Alpine Swift on the Orkney Isles and Glossy Ibis in County Wexford. Scarcities included a Surf Scoter on the Shetland Isles and, at Dungeness, Kent, two Purple Herons, a Cattle Egret and a Great White Egret. |
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