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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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| Tuesday 28th July 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comrpised the Paddyfield Warbler still on the Shetland Isles,
Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire,
White-rumped Sandpiper in County Antrim, and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcities included three Red-backed Shrikes (Fife, Hampshire and Oxfordshire), Temminck's Stint (still in Gwent), Pectoral Sandpiper (new in Nottinghamshire), and Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 26th July 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Paddyfield Warbler still on the Shetland Isles,
Broad-billed Sandpiper in Norfolk, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire,
Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, and
Lesser Scaup still in Somerset, whilst brief encounters included a Caspian Tern
reported passing East Yorkshire, and a Black Kite in Suffolk. The best of the scarcities were Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Hampshire and Oxfordshire), Temminck's Stint (Gwent), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Wexford), and Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall and County Donegal). Seawatching highlights were two each of both Cory's and Great Shearwater off Cornwall, and a Long-tailed Skua passing County Waterford. |
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| Saturday 25th July 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Hudsonian Whimbrel
in West Sussex, Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Norfolk, and Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire. Scarcities included Serin (Cheshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Glamorgan), Red-backed Shrike (Oxfordshire and Hampshire), Night Heron (Northamptonshire), Ring-billed Gull and Great Shearwater (both Cornwall), and Pectoral Sandpipers (Devon, County Donegal and Hertfordshire). |
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| Friday 24th July 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles,
Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire,
Least Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Norfolk,
White-rumped Sandpipers in East Yorkshire and on the Orkney Isles, Bonaparte's Gull
in Kent, and Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire. Scarcities included Serin (East Yorkshire), Night Heron (Northamptonshire and South Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), and Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon (2) and County Wexford). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 23rd July 2015 | ||
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| A Greenish Warbler was found on Skomer, Pembrokeshire today, whilst
Bee-eaters were over Seven Sisters Country Park, East Sussex, Aylestone
Meadows, Leicestershire and two at Covehithe, Suffolk.
Lingering rarities included the Least Sandpiper in the Isles of Scilly, Paddyfield Warbler in Shetland, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Norfolk, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcity highlights involved a Serin, at least one Golden Oriole, three Night Herons, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Ring-billed Gull, an Iceland Gull, a Honey Buzzard, a Great Shearwater and two Cory's Shearwaters. |
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| Wednesday 22nd July 2015 | ||
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| The first Hudsonian Godwit for Ireland was discovered late afternoon
at Ballyconneely, County Galway.
Other new discoveries included a Paddyfield Warbler on Noss, Shetland and a Bee-eater at Sidestrand, Norfolk. Lingering rarities still present today included the Least Sandpiper in the Isles of Scilly, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Norfolk, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, Black Kite in Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. |
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| Sunday 19th July 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a White-rumped Sandpiper at Tacumshin,
County Wexford and Bee-eaters at Hanging Houghton, Northamptonshire,
Sanday, Orkney and two over Portland, Dorset.
Lingering rarities included the Least Sandpiper in the Isles of Scilly, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Norfolk, Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, King Eider in Highland at Lesser Scaup in Somerset. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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