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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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| Friday 27th August 2010 | ||
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| A small wader photographed at Ferrybridge in Dorset at midday was later
identified as a Red-necked Stint but unfortunately could not be relocated
in the area during the afternoon. In Lothian, a small wader found at Tyninghame
Bay was also photographed and this was later identified as a Semi-palmated
Sandpiper.
In Norfolk an elusive Booted Warbler was found on Blakeney Point in the afternoon. A Black Kite was at Porthgwarra in Cornwall and a Glossy Ibis was found at Shannon Airport lagoon. The Broad-billed Sandpiper was seen again on Mersea Island in Essex this morning and the two Glossy Ibises remained in County Dublin. The American Golden Plover remained in County Clare as did the American Herring Gull in County Kerry. Five Barred Warblers, 3 Icterine Warblers a Wryneck and a Red-backed Shrike were along the east coast, while another Wryneck was in Shropshire and another Red-backed Shrike was in Cornwall. Seawatching was productive in the south and east with 4 Sabine's Gulls and a dozen Long-tailed Skuas being logged. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 19th August 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the appearance of a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Lincolnshire at Alkborough Flats for the second night in succession: presumably the same individual as that present at nearby Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire on 9th August. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the Lesser Grey Shrike and a brief Greenish Warbler in Norfolk and the Whiskered Tern still in Cleveland. Scarcities included at least seven Great Shearwaters (between Cornwall and County Clare), three Barred Warblers and a Common Rosefinch (all on the Shetland Isles), two White-winged Black Terns (East Yorkshire and Norfolk), two Spotted Crakes (County Durham and Kent) and single Cory's Shearwater (County Clare), Ring-billed Gull (Lancashire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Kinross), Sabine's Gull (East Yorkshire), Cattle Egret and Great White Egret (together in Kent). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 18th August 2010 | ||
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| A juvenile Aquatic Warbler was trapped and ringed at Teifi Marshes NR,
Ceredigion this morning, which was, amazingly, the second record for the site
within three days. One was also reported at Radipole Lake RSPB, Dorset, before
being downgraded to a possible. An Arctic Warbler was discovered at
Haroldswick, Unst, Shetland.
Another Wilson's Petrel was seen from a Scilly pelagic this evening. The male Lesser Grey Shrike remained at Kelling, Norfolk, for its second day, as did the Whiskered Tern in Cleveland. Scarcity highlights included seven Great Shearwaters, six Red-backed Shrikes, four Honey Buzzards, three each of Spotted Crake, Wryneck and Great White Egret, two each of Barred Warbler, Dotterel and Cattle Egret, and single Icterine Warbler, Purple Heron, Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua and White-winged Black Tern. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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