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| Thursday 21st October 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of two Penduline Tits at Rainham Marshes, London, whilst in Gwynedd a
Bonaparte's Gull flew past Bardsey Island. On the Isles of Scilly the Red-flanked Bluetail remained alongside Subalpine Warbler, Little Bunting, Serin, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, Richard's Pipit, Spoonbill, nine Lapland Buntings and 13 Yellow-browed Warblers. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Green Heron still in Cornwall, Red-flanked Bluetails in both Hampshire and Suffolk, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Waterford, American Golden Plover in County Cork, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles, King Eiders in both Moray and Suffolk, Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire and two Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll. Scarcities included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cornwall), Lesser Snow Goose (Dumfries and Galloway), Spotted Crake (Somerset), Ring-necked Duck (Buckinghamshire), Cattle Egret (Pembrokeshire), two Rose-coloured Starlings (East Sussex and Hampshire) and nine Rough-legged Buzzards across five counties. |
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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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| Wednesday 20th October 2010 | ||
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| News of the first Red-flanked Bluetail for Hampshire was released today, regarding a
bird at Sandy Point, Hayling Island for the third day. It showed well until mid morning, before
being elusive for the rest of the day. A Glossy Ibis was seen at RAF
Valley, Anglesey (with another at Exminster Marshes RSPB, Devon), and a
Radde's Warbler was belatedly reported from Cot Valley, Cornwall. Other new
discoveries included Ortolan Bunting and American Golden Plover in
Norfolk (at Titchwell RSPB and Cley/Langham area respectively), and single
Little Buntings were on Cape Clear, County Cork and St Mary's, Isles of
Scilly.
Long staying rarities included Green Heron in Cornwall, single Red-flanked Bluetails in Suffolk and Isles of Scilly, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Waterford, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire, Subalpine Warbler in Isles of Scilly, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in Shetland, King Eider in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex and House Crow in County Cork. Scarcity highlights included Short-toed Lark, Melodious Warbler, Red-breasted Fly, Rose-coloured Starling, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Spotted Crake, Leach's Petrel, two Barred Warblers, two Honey Buzzards, two Cattle Egrets, two Ring-necked Ducks, three Richard's Pipits, three Pectoral Sandpipers, four Shorelarks, four Great White Egrets, four Grey Phalaropes, six Rough-legged Buzzards, six Great Grey Shrikes, 13 Yellow-browed Warblers and 53 Waxwings. |
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| Tuesday 19th October 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of both a Grey-cheeked Thrush and a
Red-flanked Bluetail on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Elsewhere around the archipelago was a
Subalpine Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, two
Richard's Pipits and five Lapland Buntings. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Green Heron still in Cornwall, Red-eyed Vireo, House Crow and American Golden Plover all in County Cork, American Buff-bellied Pipit in County Waterford, Red-flanked Bluetail, King Eider and two Northern Long-tailed Tits in Suffolk, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Wilson's Phalarope in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Waterford, American Golden Plover and a brief Black Kite in Devon and Ferruginous Ducks in Somerset (2) and West Yorkshire. Scarcities included seven Rough-legged Buzzards across five counties, three Pallas's Warblers (Cornwall and Norfolk), two Red-breasted Flycatchers (Devon and Norfolk), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (East Sussex), Serin (Kent), Spotted Crake (Somerset) and Common Rosefinch (Cornwall). |
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| Monday 18th October 2010 | ||
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| Discovery of the day was Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, which flew
over Sharpenhoe Clappers early this afternoon. On Lundy (Devon) a Red-flanked
Bluetail was trapped and ringed.
Lingering passerines included Steppe Grey Shrike in Aberdeenshire, Northern Long-tailed Tits and Red-flanked Bluetail in Suffolk, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Co Waterford, and House Crow in Co Cork, rare waders comprised American Golden Plovers in Co Cork and Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire and Baird's Sandpiper in Essex and wildfowl included King Eider in Suffolk and Ferruginous Ducks in Suffolk and Somerset. In Cornwall the Green Heron lingered at Lost Gardens of Heligan. Isles of Scilly produced Subalpine Warbler, Little Bunting, American Golden Plover and Red-eyed Vireo. |
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| Sunday 17th October 2010 | ||
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| New rarities came in the form of Red-flanked Bluetails in Norfolk and
Suffolk, Red-throated Pipits on Shetland, London, Isles of Scilly,
Cornwall and Cheshire, a couple of Northern Long-tailed Tits in Suffolk,
Glossy Ibis in Devon and a Lesser Yellowlegs was reported in the
West Midlands.
Lingering rarities included Green Heron in Cornwall, Steppe Grey Shrike in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Red-eyed Vireo, Subalpine Warbler and Radde's Warbler on Isles of Scilly. Wilson's Phalarope in Kent, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire, Dusky Warbler in North Yorkshire, King Eider in Suffolk, American Golden Plover in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire and Blyth's Reed Warbler, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Little Bunting on Fair Isle. In Ireland a Buff-bellied Pipit was discovered in Co Waterford (where a Long-billed Dowitcher remained), the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper lingered in Co Dublin and an American Golden Plover, Red-eyed Vireo and House Crow were in Co Cork. |
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| Saturday 16th October 2010 | ||
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| A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was an excellent find at the Rogerstown
Estuary in County Louth but, surprisingly, two of today's other headline birds
were seabirds - Fea's Petrels - reported past North Ronaldsay in the
Orkneys and Flamborough Head in Yorkshire, and with only two and a half hours
between the sightings, they must have been different individuals. Also on Orkney
a Black-throated Thrush was found on Mainland. New Red-flanked
Bluetails were found at St.Abb's in Aberdeenshire and on Fair Isle in the
Shetlands. A Radde's Warbler was reported on Gugh in the Scillies, and a
Lesser Scaup was found at Loch Ryan in Dumrfries and Galloway.
The Hermit Thrush remained on Barra in the Western Isles and other lingering rarities included the Green Heron in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire and Red-eyed Vireo and Subalpine Warbler in the Scillies. The Steppe Grey Shrike was relocated at Loch of Strathbeg in Aberdeenshire and there was a King Eider on Fair Isle, which had been found yesterday as well as the lingering Blyth's Reed Warbler. A few Waxwings have been noted along the east coast and in the Northern Isles in the last couple of days. |
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| Friday 15th October 2010 | ||
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| New rarities found today were as follows: in Shetland a Red-flanked
Bluetail at Troswick on Mainland; in Norfolk a Red-throated Pipit and
a Little Bunting at Stiffkey; in Dorset a Red-throated Pipit at
Portland; on Scilly a Subalpine Warbler at Kitty Down on St.Mary's and in
Carmarthenshire a White-rumped Sandpiper at Kidwelly Quay. There were
also new American Golden Plovers on the Western Isles and at Dawlish in
Devon, plus a Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork and a Glossy Ibis
in Northumberland.
On the Western Isles the Hermit Thrush remained on Barra, with other popular lingering rarities including the Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, the Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, the Green Heron in Cornwall and the Dusky Warbler in Northumberland. |
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| Thursday 14th October 2010 | ||
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| A Hermit Thrush on Barra, Western Isles was discovered at Castlebay,
where it remained all afternoon. A Steppe Grey Shrike was at Loch of
Strathbeg RSPB, Aberdeenshire, and single Red-eyed Vireos were at Firkeel,
County Cork and on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. Other new arrivals single
Red-throated Pipits in Yorkshire, Cleveland, County Cork and Cornwall (2),
Lesser Yellowlegs at Port Meadow, Oxfordshire and a Red-breasted Goose
at Martin Mere WWT, Lancashire.
Shetland highlights included a Red-flanked Bluetail at Kergord, Olive-backed Pipit on Unst and Radde's Warbler at Toab, along with Daurian Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Coues's Arctic Redpoll, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Little Bunting, Rose-coloured Starling, Short-toed Lark, two Great Grey Shrikes, Red-breasted Flycatcher, five Yellow-browed Warblers, Barred Warbler and three Little Auks. Scilly highlights included Red-eyed Vireo, Subalpine Warbler, American Golden Plover, Tawny Pipit, two Red-breasted Flycacthers, Rose-coloured Starling, Melodious Warbler, Icterine Warbler, two Wrynecks, Common Rosefinch, five Yellow-browed Warblers and a Tundra Peregrine. Long staying rarity highlights included Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, Green Heron in Cornwall, Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire and House Crow in County Cork. |
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| Wednesday 13th October 2010 | ||
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| On Scilly, an Olive-backed Pipit was present on St Mary's this
evening, whilst a Red-throated Pipit was seen on Tresco mid morning.
Another Red-throated Pipit was seen at Pendeen, Cornwall. Further east, a
Little Bunting was at Ramsgate, Kent, and an Ortolan Bunting was
at Landguard NR, Suffolk, whilst further north an American Golden Plover
was at Keiss, Highland, briefly and a Coues's Arctic Redpoll and a
Radde's Warbler were on Shetland. A King Eider was reported from
North Ronaldsay, Orkney and a White-rumped Sandpiper was seen in County
Kerry.
Lingering rarities included Myrtle Warbler in County Cork, Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, Green Heron in Cornwall, Western Black-eared Wheatear and Subalpine Warbler in Isles of Scilly, Pied Wheatear in Orkney, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk and Daurian Shrike, two Olive-backed Pipits, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Western Bonelli's Warbler on Shetland. |
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| Tuesday 12th October 2010 | ||
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| Today's highlights on the Isles of Scilly were
both Pied and Western Black-eared Wheatear, Subalpine Warbler,
American Golden Plover, Little Bunting, Pectoral Sandpiper, two each of
Icterine Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher and Common Rosefinch,
four Wrynecks and five Yellow-browed Warblers. Meanwhile, on the
Shetland Isles were Daurian Shrike, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Olive-backed
Pipit, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, Radde's Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Snow Goose,
Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Flycatcher, two each of Buff-breasted
Sandpiper, Barred Warbler and Great Grey Shrike, three
Shorelarks, five Greenland Redpolls, 10 Yellow-browed Warblers
and 85 Lapland Buntings.
Elsewhere, rare passerines comprised, in County
Cork Myrtle Warbler, American Buff-bellied Pipit, Red-eyed Vireo,
Red-flanked Bluetail and House Crow, on the Western Isles two
Red-eyed Vireos together, in Lincolnshire a brief Black-eared Wheatear,
in Northumberland Red-flanked Bluetail, Olive-backed Pipit and Dusky
Warbler, in Norfolk a Red-flanked Bluetail, in North Yorkshire a
Dusky Warbler, in Hampshire two brief Penduline Tits, in Cleveland
a Red-throated Pipit and in London an Ortolan Bunting flew over.
Other rarities included the Green Heron
still in Cornwall, Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, Squacco Heron in
Pembrokeshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Wilson's Phalaropes
in both Norfolk and County Wicklow, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Galway,
King Eider in Suffolk, single Lesser Scaups in both Dumfries and
Warwickshire, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk and Glossy Ibises in
Devon, Dumfries and County Tyrone.
Significant late news concerned a Common
Nighthawk present yesterday at Horden, County Durham but not found there
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