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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 April 2012 | ||
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| In Lincolnshire a female Bufflehead was found at Covenham Reservoir in
the afternoon. It remained for the rest of the day and raised questions as to
whether it may have been the overwintering bird from Cornwall on the move, or
even a bird that has been in Holland recently. The only other new rarity
discovered was a Glossy Ibis on the Isles of Scilly - first seen over
St.Mary's, then later relocated on Tresco. Other lingering Glossy Ibises
comprised one in Dorset and three in Pembrokeshire.
Three Black-winged Stilts remained along the Exe Estuary in Devon with another still at Frampton in Lincolnshire. Other lingering rarities included the Red-breasted Goose in Highland, Blue-winged Teal in Cornwall, Iberian Chiffchaff in Cambridgeshire and two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset. A Hoopoe was in County Kerry and there were three Wrynecks in Northumberland with further singles in Aberdeenshire and on Fair Isle. Dotterels were present in County Galway (3) and Oxfordshire and there was a Pectoral Sandpiper on Islay. A Roseate Tern was reported briefly in Bedfordshire and the Ring-necked Duck was again at West Ashby in Lincolnshire. Plenty of commoner migrants were on the move with Ring Ouzels and Arctic and Black Terns on many a local patch. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 26th April 2012 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both the Greater Yellowlegs and King Eider
still in Aberdeenshire, Black-winged Stilts in Devon (3) and Lincolnshire, two Long-billed Dowitchers together in Somerset,
Red-breasted Goose in Highland, Ross's Goose in Moray, Glossy Ibises in Cumbria and the Western Isles, and a
Tawny Pipit flew over Dungeness, Kent. Scarcities included a flock of six White Storks overflying Oxfordshire, Wrynecks in Aberdeenshire and Northumberland (2), Surf Scoter in Fife, and Dotterels in County Galway (3), Isle of Man and Oxfordshire. Significant late news concerned a Whiskered Tern present yesterday evening along the Derbyshire/ Nottinghamshire border at Long Eaton. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 24th April 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Alpine Swift in County Wicklow at Kilcoole. In Highland a
Red-breasted Goose was found at Brora, whilst in Moray at Ross's Goose was discovered at Forres. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Red-breasted Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, two Long-billed Dowitchers together in Somerset, White-billed Diver in Moray, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, three Glossy Ibises in Pembrokshire, and a Glossy Ibis on the Western Isles. Arctic Terns featured prominently at inland waters with 1,131 logged between Gwent, London, Norfolk and West Yorkshire, including 115 in Northamptonshire at Thrapston, 100 in Cambridgeshire at Grafham Water, and 70 in Leicestershire at Rutland Water. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 22nd April 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was breaking news of a territorial male Iberian Chiffchaff present for its second day at Castor Hanglands, Cambridgeshire. Discoveries elsewhere included a
Blue-winged Teal at Levenmouth, Perth and Kinross, a brief Red-throated Pipit
at New Passage, Gloucestershire, and, late news for yesterday, a King Eider seen in The Wash off Lincolnshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both the Greater Yellowlegs and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, two Long-billed Dowitchers together in Somerset, and Glossy Ibises in Cleveland, Dorset, Gwynedd, Lancashire and Pembrokeshire (3). Scarcities included Pectoral Sandpiper (Herefordshire), Dotterel (Oxfordshire), Surf Scoter (County Cork) and Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall). |
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| Thursday 19th April 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of more Black-winged Stilts; two together in the West Midlands at Clayhanger Marsh, and one in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh, brought the total of British and Irish sites to have hosted
the species so far this spring to nine. Rarities elsewhere comprised a new Long-billed Dowitcher in Belfast, County Antrim, confirmation of an Ashy-headed Wagtail in Cheshire at Burton Mere Wetlands, whilst two White-billed Divers were noted together in Moray, two Long-billed Dowitchers remained in Somerset, a Glossy Ibis in Dorset, and the Thayer's Gull was reported again in Lincolnshire. Scarcities included Hoopoes in Hamphire and Kent (2), the Purple Heron in County Waterford, Yellow-browed Warbler in Worcestershire, Surf Scoters in both Highland and the Orkney Isles, and Ring-necked Ducks in Cornwall and the Western Isles. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 18th April 2012 | ||
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| A drake Black Scoter at Portmahomack, Highland was undoubtedly the
bird of the day as the British total of this species is still in the low teens,
although it may have lost its appeal recently after three or four recent
individuals have been well twitched by the masses. Other new discoveries today
included a Black Kite over Spittal, Pembrokeshire, whilst the Glossy
Ibis at Arnside, Cumbria is likely to have been the individual from nearby
Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire have a morning away.
Long staying rarities still present today included the Greater Yellowlegs and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire (with another of the latter still in Moray), Thayer's Gull and Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, two Long-billed Dowitchers and a Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset and Glossy Ibises in Cleveland, Lancashire and Dorset. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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