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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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| Thursday 2nd August 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of Scotland's fourth
Black-winged Pratincole, the first since 1996. Today's bird spent the
afternoon at Loch Stiapabhat, Lewis, Western Isles. A Gull-billed Tern
was present at Ynyslas, Ceredigion this morning, and also showed well this
evening, whilst another two Wilson's Petrels were seen from a Scilly
pelagic this evening.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Alpine Swift at Sheringham, Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher at Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire, White-rumped Sandpiper at Tyninghame Bay, Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull on the Add Estuary, Argyll, single Ferruginous Ducks at Blagdon Lake, Somerset and Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk and Glossy Ibis at Tacumshin, County Wexford. Scarcity highlights included a White-winged Black Tern, a Purple Heron, two Sabine's Gulls and two Pectoral Sandpipers, whilst seawatching in County Cork and County Waterford produced 60 Great Shearwaters and at least 1,864 Cory's Shearwaters. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 30th July 2012 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Roller and Western Bonelli's Warbler both still on the Orkney Isles,
Semipalmated Sandpiper in Lothian, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher
in Gloucestershire, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Glossy Ibis in Essex. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cheshire), White-winged Black Tern (Cleveland and Suffolk), Purple Heron (Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire and Kent), Red-backed Shrike (Suffolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Durham and Hampshire) and Caspian Gull (South Yorkshire). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 29th July 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a smart adult Semipalmated Sandpiper in
Lothian at Tyninghame Bay, where it showed well this afternoon. This is the
second record for the county, following a juvenile at the same site in 2010.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Roller in Orkney, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, Bee-eater in Hampshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in Somerset and Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire. Scarcity highlights included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cheshire), two Purple Herons (Kent and Gloucestershire), three White-winged Black Terns (Surrey, Suffolk and Northumberland), three Pectoral Sandpipers (Hampshire, Aberdeenshire and County Durham), four White Storks (Somerset), a Long-tailed Skua (Dorset), a Sabine's Gull (Highland) and a Grey Phalarope (Pembrokeshire). |
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| Saturday 28th July 2012 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Roller
on the Orkney Isles, Snowy Owl in County Donegal, Iberian Chiffchaff
in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire and Glossy Ibis
in County Wexford. Elsewhere, brief encounters included a Bee-eater in Hampshire at Titchfield Haven, and
a flock of six Glossy Ibises at Llanllwni, Carmarthenshire . Scarcities were represented by Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cheshire), Purple Heron (Gloucestershire), White-winged Black Tern (Surrey), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), White Stork (4 together in Somerset), Pectoral Sandpiper (South Yorkshire), Sabine's Gull (2 off Highland), and Great White Egret (Norfolk). |
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| Friday 27th July 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Roller on
Orkney, remaining near Heddle all day.
Other lingering rarities today included the Greater Yellowlegs at St John's Loch, Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher at Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire, Iberian Chiffchaff at Porlock and Ferruginous Duck at Blagdon Lake, both Somerset, Snowy Owl on The Mullet, County Mayo, and single Glossy Ibises in Pembrokeshire, Essex and County Wexford. |
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| Thursday 26th July 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Roller on the Orkney Isles, at Finstown, Mainland: the twelfth record for the the archipelago, but the first
there since 1966. Other rarities noted today comprised the territorial Iberian Chiffchaff still in Somerset at Porlock, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire at Slimbridge, Glossy Ibis in County Wexford at Tacumshin, and a Snowy Owl reported on Barra, Western Isles. Scarcities included the Short-toed Lark still in Norfolk, Red-backed Shrike in Hampshire, Hoopoes in both County Cork and Wirral, and single Pectoral Sandpipers in Aberdeenshire, County Antrim and South Yorkshire. Significant late news from yesterday concerned a Caspian Tern in Suffolk at Minsmere, the Snowy Owl still in County Donegal, and the Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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