| Daily News Summaries | ||||
 | ||||
 |
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. | |||
 |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
||||
| << Newer | Back to the most recent | Older>> | ||
|
||||
|
|
|
| Sunday 7th June 2015 | ||
|
||
| New discoveries today comprised a Collared Pratincole at Lakenheath
Fen RSPB, Suffolk, a Black-headed Bunting on Skomer, Pembrokeshire, a
Black Stork over Marazion and Constantine, Cornwall, an Alpine Swift
over Spurn, Yorkshire, a Red-footed Falcon over the River Nene mouth,
Lincolnshire, a Red-rumped Swallow at Landguard NR, Suffolk, a Black
Kite over Ford End, Essex and a King Eider on Unst, Shetland.
Bee-eaters included seven on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly and singles over
Saltford (Somerset), Hauxley (Northumberland), Ballyrobin (County Antrim) and
Marazion (Cornwall).
Lingering rarities included the Swainson's Thrush in Pembrokeshire, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Squacco Heron in Cornwall, Little Bittern in Suffolk, Bee-eater in Yorkshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Black-winged Stilt in Sussex. Scarcity highlights comprised a Marsh Warbler, an Icterine Warbler, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Red-necked Phalaropes, two Ring-necked Ducks, two American Wigeon and four Common Rosefinches. |
||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
| Saturday 6th June 2015 | ||
|
||
| Another good day for Bee-eaters, with birds at Cliftonville, Kent, St
Buryan (two) and Bodmin Moor, both Cornwall, Flamborough Head area, Yorkshire
(five) and four on several islands in the Isles of Scilly. Other discoveries
today included a Squacco Heron at Marazion, Cornwall and a Greenish
Warbler on the Out Skerries, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the Swainson's Thrush in Pembrokeshire, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Little Bittern in Suffolk, Great Reed Warbler in Shetland, Black-winged Stilt in Sussex and a Bee-eater in the Spurn area of Yorkshire. |
||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
| Friday 5th June 2015 | ||
|
||
| New discoveries today included a Black Stork over Newton Abbot, Devon,
an Olive-backed Pipit on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Forster's Tern
at Fiddaun Island, County Galway, single Greenish Warblers at Swinister
and Swining, both Shetland, single Red-footed Falcons at Kilmurrin County
Waterford, Hemsby, Norfolk and Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, a Black Kite at
Wykeham Forest, Yorkshire and a White-billed Diver at Esha Ness,
Shetland. Bee-eaters were recorded in Norfolk at Winterton (two), Isles
of Scilly on St Agnes (two), Lincolnshire at Wragby (six) and Rimac, Cornwall at
Maenporth (two) and Yorkshire at Kilnsea.
Lingering rarities included the Swainson's Thrush in Pembrokeshire, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Little Bittern in Suffolk, Black-winged Stilt in Sussex, Greenish Warbler on Fair Isle and King Eider in Aberdeenshire. |
||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
| Wednesday 3rd June 2015 | ||
|
||
| The most exicting birding today was on the northern isles, where on the Orkney Isles the
Veery remained (North Ronaldsay), along with a Greenish Warbler (Sanday),
Red-spotted Bluethroat and Red-backed Shrike, whilst on the Shetland Isles
Great Reed Warbler (Unst), two Greenish Warblers (Fair Isle), Red-spotted
Bluethroat, Marsh Warbler, Common Rosefinch, four Icterine Warblers and five
Red-backed Shrikes. Elsewhere, the Black-winged Pratincole was relocated in Aberdeenshire at Loch of Skene, the Swainson's Thrush remained in Pembrokeshire, as did the Greater Yellowlegs (Hampshire), Squacco Heron (Isles of Scilly), Little Bittern (Suffolk), Red-footed Falcon (East Sussex), Black-winged Stilt (West Sussex), and White-rumped Sandpiper (Lincolnshire). Bee-eaters flew over Devon, Dorset and Norfolk (2). The best of the rest comprised White-winged Black Tern (Dorset), Night Heron (Isles of Scilly), Golden Oriole (Moray), and eight migrant Red-necked Phalaropes. |
||
| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
| << Newer | Back to the most recent | Older>> | ||
|
| ||||
| ||||
| All weather charts on this page are Crown Copyright of the Met Office and are reproduced here with their permission. If you wish to reproduce any of these charts yourself, you must seek prior approval from the Met Office |
||||
|
||||