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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 July 2015 | ||
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| A Broad-billed Sandpiper spent a couple of hours on the pits at
Snettisham RSPB, Norfolk before flying to The Wash, whilst a Bee-eater
was on North Ronaldsay, Orkney.
Lingering rarities included the Least Sandpiper in the Isles of Scilly, Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, King Eider in Highland and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 17th July 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Least Sandpiper in the
Isles of Scilly, Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs
in Hampshire, Gull-billed Tern in Devon, Red-footed Falcon in
Staffordshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Lesser Scaup in
Somerset.
Scarcity highlights were a Spotted Crake, a Purple Heron, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, a Temminck's Stint, a Sabine's Gull, a Long-tailed Skua, a Great Shearwater, two Cory's Shearwaters and five Pomarine Skuas. |
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| Thursday 16th July 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Least Sandpiper on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. The earliest ever autumn record, only the third record for the islands, and
only the sixth ever to be recorded in July in Britain. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the Greater Yellowlegs still in Hampshire, Gull-billed Tern in Devon, Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, and a Bee-eater briefly in Dorset. Scarcities included Purple Heron and Golden Oriole (both Suffolk), Serin (East Yorkshire), Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), American Wigeon (Aberdeenshire), Cory's Shearwater (Isles of Scilly) and Great Shearwater (Cornwall). |
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| Wednesday 15th July 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a White-rumped Sandpiper in South Yorkshire at Hatfield Moors in the evening. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Hudsonian Whimbrel still in West Sussex,
Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Gull-billed Tern in Devon, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, and Black-winged Stilt in Kent. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Suffolk), Temminck's Stint (Leicestershire), Night Heron and Ring-billed Gull (both Cornwall). |
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| Tuesday 14th July 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Little Bittern in South Yorkshire at Old Moor. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the
Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Gull-billed Tern in Devon, Red-footed Falcon in Satffordshire,
Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and both Bonaparte's Gull and Black-winged Stilt
in Kent. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Suffolk), Temminck's Stint (Leicestershire), American Wigeon (Aberdeenshire), Sabine's Gull (Highland), Ring-billed Gull and three Great Shearwaters (Cornwall). |
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| Monday 13th July 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Gull-billed Tern in
Devon, where it showed all day. Elsewhere, the Hudsonian Whimbrel remained in West Sussex, as did the
Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire,
and Red-rumped Swallow on the Shetland Isles, whilst a Lesser Scaup was confirmed in Somerset at Blagdon Lake. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Argyll), Temminck's Stint (Leicestershire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Dumfries and Galloway), and Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall). Seawatching revealed five Cory's Shearwaters off southwest England, with a total of 14 Great Shearwaters between Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and County Wexford. |
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| Sunday 12th July 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the remarkable record of an adult
Black-browed Albatross at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk. Initially found loafing
with Mute Swans on the small pool behind South Hide, it then flew south over the
sea and was lost to view towards Sizewell late afternoon.
Two new Gull-billed Terns were found today, one briefly at Cley, Norfolk, and another lingering for a couple of hours on the River Teign in Devon. Long staying rarities still present today included the Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Little Bittern in West Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| Saturday 11th July 2015 | ||
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| A male Little Bittern was found at Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire.
Lingering rarities included the Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire and White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included one each of Melodious Warbler, Surf Scoter, Green-winged Teal, Pectoral Sandpiper, Cory's Shearwater and Great Shearwater. Late news from 27th June concerned a dead Cedar Waxwing at St David's, Pembrokeshire, which is at least the fourth individual seen in the British Isles so far this year. |
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| Friday 10th July 2015 | ||
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| Single Black Kites were seen over Leiston, Suffolk and Upton Towans,
Cornwall, whilst Bee-eaters were found at Sandwich Bay, Kent, Portland,
Dorset and Alderton, Bucklesham and Minsmere (five), all Suffolk (with ten again
in the latter county at Leiston early morning only).
Other lingering rarities included the Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Red-rumped Swallow in Shetland and White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire. Scarcities included a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, a Cory's Shearwater, a Balearic Shearwater, a Red-necked Phalarope, an Iceland Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Glaucous Gulls, two Pectoral Sandpipers and at least three Honey Buzzards, but there was no sight or sound of the long staying Melodious Warbler in West Midlands. |
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| Thursday 9th July 2015 | ||
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| The new rarities today were all brief encounters: a Collared Praticole in Norfolk at Welney,
Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, and Bee-eaters in Cheshire (2), Dorset and East Sussex. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Red-rumped Swallow on the Shetland Isles, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, and the flock of 10 Bee-eaters in Suffolk. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (West Midlands), Night Heron (Somerset), Surf Scoter (Angus), American Wigeon (East Yorkshire), Red-backed Shrike (Devon), Hoopoe (Dorset), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland) and Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall). |
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