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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 9th May 2015 | ||
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| New arrivals today included a Squacco Heron at Prawle Point and a
Bonaparte's Gull at Topsham, both Devon, a Tawny Pipit on Portland,
Dorset, an Alpine Swift at Pugneys Country Park, West Yorkshire, a
Red-rumped Swallow at Porthcurno, Cornwall and a Black Kite over
Grove Ferry NNR, Kent.
Lingering rarities present again today included the Greater Yellowlegs and Bonaparte's Gull in Hampshire, King Eider and seven White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire (with another of the latter still in Orkney) and the Lesser Scaup in Yorkshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 8th May 2015 | ||
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| An Alpine Swift was seen over Ilkley town centre, Yorkshire this
evening.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Harlequin Duck and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Squacco Heron in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gull in Hampshire, White-billed Diver in Moray and Lesser Scaup in Yorkshire. Scarcity highlights included a Kentish Plover, a Short-toed Lark, a Wryneck, two Woodchat Shrikes, three Hoopoes, five Night Herons, six Golden Orioles (including a flock of five in the Isles of Scilly), seven Temminck's Stints and 33 Dotterels. |
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| Wednesday 6th May 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Squacco Heron in Cornwall, at Polgigga, where it present for it's second day. In County Dublin a
Gull-billed Tern was present on Swords Estuary in the evening. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Great Blue Heron on the Isles of Scilly, Harlequin Duck and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Hampshire, Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire, and the Lesser Scaup in West Yorkshire. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Lothian), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), Honey Buzzard (Dumfries and Galloway), two each of both Golden Oriole and Temminck's Stint, three Lapland Buntings, four Night Herons, and 16 migrant Dotterel. Pomarine Skuas were on the move with 181 recorded, including 42 off Gwynedd, 20 off Ayrshire, 18 passing Gloucestershire, 13 from Scillonian III, and one inland; at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 1st May 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow at Shoeburyness,
Essex, a White-rumped Sandpiper on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and a
White-billed Diver off Esha Ness, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Godwit at Meare Heath, Somerset, Great Blue Heron at Lower Moors, Isles of Scilly, Harlequin Duck in Aberdeen, three White-billed Divers off Portsoy and King Eider at Newburgh, all Aberdeenshire, Pied-billed Grebe at Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire, American Herring Gull near St Just, Cornwall and four Black-winged Stilts at Cliffe, Kent. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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