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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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| Saturday 18th April 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included two Black-winged Stilts at Middleton
Lakes RSPB, Staffordshire, a Red-rumped Swallow at Weir Wood Reservoir,
Sussex, a Black Kite over the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall and a
White-billed Diver off Thorntonloch, Lothian.
Lingering rarities included the Great Blue Heron in the Isles of Scilly, ten White-billed Divers and a King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Black-winged Stilts in Sussex and Kent (two). |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 17th April 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included two Red-rumped Swallows at Heaton Park,
Greater Manchester, a Black Kite over Lower Test Marshes, Hampshire and
two Black-winged Stilts at Dungeness RSPB, Kent.
The Great Blue Heron remained on Bryher, Scilly all day, whilst other lingering rarities included the Harlequin Duck in Highland, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Glamorgan, Subalpine Warbler in County Waterford, Black Duck in the Isles of Scilly, Black-winged Stilts in Sussex, Essex (two) and Kent (two), single White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire, Orkney and the Western Isles, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Lesser Scaup in the Western Isles. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 16th April 2015 | ||
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| The Great Blue Heron was relocated on Bryher, Isles of Scilly this
evening, but flew off shortly before the boats from St Mary's arrived.
New discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow near Leighton Moss, Lancashire, a Snowy Owl at Ballyvaughan, County Clare, a Black Kite over Wyke Regis, Dorset, Black-winged Stilts at Northward Hill, Kent (two) and Nene Washes, Cambridgeshire (three) and three White-billed Divers off Skigersta, Lewis, Western Isles. Other lingering rarities included the Great Spotted Cuckoo in Glamorgan, Subalpine Warblers in Cornwall and County Waterford, Black-winged Stilts in Kent (three), Sussex and Essex (two), Laughing Gull in Merseyside and Black Duck in the Isles of Scilly. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 15th April 2015 | ||
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| On Scilly, the Great Blue Heron was found again on St. Mary's in the
morning but proved difficult to catch up with for those that visited from the
mainland, being last seen in a field at Holy Vale in the early afternoon.
Elsewhere a Great Spotted Cuckoo was found inland in the hills of Glamorgan this afternoon, whilst the other new rarities found were a Red-rumped Swallow briefly at Minsmere in Suffolk, a Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, a new total of eight Black-winged Stilts at Higham Marshes in Kent and a new White-billed Diver near Ullapool in Highland. Lingering rarities included a White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Subalpine Warblers in Cornwall (2) and County Waterford, Black-winged Stilts in Essex (2) and Sussex, Laughing Gull on Merseyside and Lesser Scaups in Ayrshire and the Western Isles. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 14th April 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day - and the year so far - was the discovery of Britain's second
Great Blue Heron: in the same place as the first, at Lower Moors, St Mary's, Isles of
Scilly; and found by the same birder! It remained in Old Town Bay until dark. New rarities elsewhere comprised Gull-billed Tern, Red-rumped Swallow and now two Subalpine Warblers in Cornwall, an Alpine Swift in Leicestershire at Rutland Water, and Black-winged Stilts in both Kent (7) and Essex (2). Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Harlequin Duck, King Eider and two White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire, Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, Subalpine Warbler in County Waterford, Laughing Gulls in both County Cork and Merseyside, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, and Lesser Scaup on the Western Isles. Scarcities included 27 Hoopoes, 7 migrant Dotterel, three Wrynecks, Woodchat Shrike (Devon), Night Heron (Cornwall), Serin (Kent) and Purple Heron (Northumberland). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 10th April 2015 | ||
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| Apart from a reported Black Kite in Somerset, there were no new
rarities seen today. Scarce migrants continued to arrive in force, however, with
32 Hoopoes, six Wrynecks and three Great Grey Shrikes topping
the list.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Harlequin Ducks in both Aberdeenshire and Highland, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Laughing Gull in Merseyside, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Black-winged Stilt in Dorset and White-billed Diver in Orkney. At least 250 migrant Ring Ouzels were seen, as well as 44 Redstarts, 37 Garganey, 20 Ospreys, five Pied Flycatchers, four Black Terns, two Whinchats and a Wood Sandpiper. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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