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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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| Wednesday 22nd August 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Lesser Grey Shrike on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Elsewhere, a
White-rumped Sandpiper was a new arrival in County Wicklow at Kilcoole. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Broad-billed Sandpiper in Cleveland, Baird's Sandpiper and Glossy Ibis both in Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, American Golden Plover in Cambridgeshire, Ortolan Bunting on the Orkney Isles, and Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk. Scarcities included nine Barred Warblers, five Wrynecks, four White Storks, and Woodchat Shrike (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Orkney Isles), Purple Heron (Kent), Spotted Crake (Leicestershire), and Pectoral Sandpiper (North Yorkshire). Seawatching highlights came from the west coast of Ireland where four Sabine's Gulls, three Great Shearwaters and a Long-tailed Skua were noted. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 20th August 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the arrival of a Baird's Sandpiper at West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire. Discoveries elsewhere included an Ortolan Bunting on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles,
whilst a Least Sandpiper flew over Cape Clear, County Cork, and a Black Kite
was seen briefly in Kent. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Booted Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Aquatic Warbler on the Wirral, Bonaparte's Gull in County Durham, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Londonderry and Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire. Scarcities included six Barred Warblers, four White Storks (together in Somerset), three Wrynecks, two each of Melodious Warbler, Woodchat Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Ring-billed Gull and Sabine's Gull, and single migrant Golden Oriole (Orkney Isles), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Purple Heron (Kent), Ring-necked Duck (Perth and Kinross), and Pectoral Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire). Significant late news from 19th August concerned a Marsh Sandpiper in Cornwall by the Camel Estuary, and a seawatch at Toe Head, County Cork, produced both Barolo Little Shearwater and Wilson's Petrel. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 17th August 2012 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today included a Citrine Wagtail on Unst,
Shetland, single Alpine Swifts in Cornwall (Newquay) and Lothian (Corstorphine)
and Wilson's Petrels in County Clare and County Kerry (3).
Lingering rarities seen today included the Snowy Owl in County Donegal, Bonaparte's Gull in County Durham, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, and Glossy Ibis in County Cork. Scarcity highlights included a Dotterel, a Common Rosefinch, five Barred Warblers, two Icterine Warblers, two Wrynecks, three Red-backed Shrikes, a Red-necked Phalarope and a Night Heron. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 16th August 2012 | ||
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| The second Franklin's Gull for County Meath was seen briefly today, at
the same site as the first back in 1999. The first Booted Warbler of the
year was found on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, whilst the presumed returning
Bonaparte's Gull reappeared at Whitburn Steel, County Durham this evening. A
Baird's Sandpiper was in County Kerry at Ballinrannig.
Lingering rarities included just the Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. Scarcity highlights included five Barred Warblers, three Icterine Warblers, three Red-backed Shrikes, two Wrynecks, a Hoopoe, a Spotted Crake, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Grey Phalarope, a Glaucous Gull, four White Storks, a Night Heron and two Ring-billed Gulls. Seabirds included four Great Shearwaters, 10 Cory's Shearwaters, two Long-tailed Skuas, seven Pomarine Skuas and a Sabine's Gull. |
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| Wednesday 15th August 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Black-winged Stilt watched flying over Pett Level, East
Sussex. Whilst at Cley, Norfolk a Baltic Gull was identified in the evening, although unfortunately it did not bear a
ring to confirm the identification. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Greenish Warbler still on the Orkney Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire. Scarcities included five Barred Warblers, three Wrynecks, two each of both Icterine Warbler and Pectoral Sandpiper, Purple Heron (Norfolk), Red-backed Shrike (Orkney Isles), Spotted Crake (Cornwall), Long-tailed Skua (Norfolk), Sabine's Gull (Cornwall), Ring-billed Gull (County Down), Caspian Gull (Buckinghamshire) and Great White Egret (Kent), whilst totals of commoner migrants included 178 Black Terns, 61 Curlew Sandpipers, 52 Garganey, 26 Pied Flycatchers, 22 Wood Sandpipers and 20 Little Stints. |
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| Monday 13th August 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Least Sandpiper in County Kerry at Carrahane Strand. Elsewhere, rarities
comprised the Black-headed Bunting still on the Orkney Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire,
White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk, and
single Glossy Ibises in both Pembrokeshire and Suffolk. Scarcities included six Long-tailed Skuas (including a juvenile in West Yorkshire), four White Storks (together in Somerset), three each of both Icterine Warbler and Caspian Gull, Night Heron (Hampshire), Barred Warbler (Orkney Isles), Pectoral Sandpiper (Merseyside), and Great White Egret (Worcestershire), whilst totals of passage migrants included 183 Black Terns, 61 Pied Flycatchers, 24 Curlew Sandpipers and 14 Wood Sandpipers. Significant late news concerned an Eleonora's Falcon present on 11th August at Porthgwarra, Cornwall. News of this first-summer dark morph - hunting over the cliffs there during the afternoon - was only broadcast today. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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