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| Sunday 16th August 2015 | ||
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| Today's headline discoveries included a Fea's Petrel seen from a pelagic off the Isles of Scilly and a Spotted Sandpiper in Wiltshire (which was present for its second day). Elsewhere rarities comprised Wilson's Petrels off Co Cork (2) and Isles of Scilly, Black Stork in Aberdeenshire, Bee-eaters in Cumbria, White-rumped Sandpipers in Kent and Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Aquatic Warbler and Paddyfield Warbler in Shetland and Thrush Nightingale in Northumberland.
The best of the rest included Sabine's Gull (Greater Manchester), Pectoral Sandpiper (Co Meath), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Angus), White-winged Black Tern (Devon), two Red-backed Shrikes, two Icterine Warblers, two Purple Herons, two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Wrynecks and four Barred Warblers. |
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Daily news summaries
Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.
Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Saturday 15th August 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries included Baird's Sandpiper (Devon), two Greenish Warblers (Northumberland), Aquatic Warbler (Shetland), White-rumped Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire), Wilson's Petrels (Co Cork [2] and Isles of Scilly), Bee-eater (Ayrshire) and Thrush Nightingale (Northumberland). A Black Stork and Red-footed Falcon (Lincolnshire), Paddyfield Warbler (Shetland), White-rumped Sandpipers (East Yorkshire and Western Isles) and Bonaparte's Gull (Kent) all lingered.
The best of the rest included White-winged Black Tern (Devon), Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), Bluethroat (Somersert), American Golden Plover (Orkney), White Stork, Purple Heron and Serin (Suffolk), Cattle Egret (Kent), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), two Icterine Warblers, two Pectoral Sandpipers, four Red-backed Shrikes and five Wrynecks. |
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| Friday 14th August 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of day was an arrival of drift migrants, with a Greenish Warbler in North Yorkshire at Filey, three
Wrynecks (East Sussex, Essex and Northumberland), four Barred Warblers (Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire (2) and Northumberland), five
Icterine Warblers (East Yorkshire (2) and Norfolk (3), and a scattering
of Pied Flycatchers, Redstarts and Whinchats. Associated weather-induced movements included 16
Little Terns inland, and totals of 117 Black Terns, and 44 Wood
Sandpipers. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Black Stork in Aberdeenshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull and White-rumped Sandpiper together in Kent, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and two Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria. Otherwise, scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Devon), American Golden Plover (Orkney Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Essex), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Sabine's Gull (County Clare and Greater Manchester), Cory's Shearwater (Cornwall and East Yorkshire), Long-tailed Skua (County Clare), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Durham, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall, County Derry and Lancashire). |
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| Thursday 13th August 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Little Bittern in South Yorkshire at Old Moor, whilst lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the
Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles, single Black Storks in
both Aberdeenshire and Lincolnshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Kent, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and two
Bee-eaters together at the nest in Cumbria. Scarcities included Icterine Warbler (Norfolk), Red-backed Shrike (Essex), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Sabine's Gull (Greater Manchester), Pectoral Sandpiper (Nottinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire) and Long-tailed Skua (Lincolnshire). Significant late news concerned an Aquatic Warbler present yesterday in North Yorkshire at Wheldrake Ings. |
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| Wednesday 12th August 2015 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire at Willow Tree Fen, a Bee-eater on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay, a
Wilson's Petrel off County Cork, and an Alpine Swift briefly in Staffordshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Black Stork in Dorset (with it or another overflying East Sussex later in the day), Bonaparte's Gull and White-rumped Sandpiper together in Kent, and three Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria. Scarcities included Red-backed Shrike (Essex), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Sabine's Gull (Greater Manchester), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Temminck's Stint (Kent), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lincolnshire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall and Lancashire), Cory's Shearwater (Cornwall), and Great Shearwater (County Cork (3) and County Waterford). |
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| Tuesday 11th August 2015 | ||
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| Another great day for Black Storks, with a single still in Aberdeenshire, another in east Dorset - moving from Portland to West Bexington - and two in Lincolnshire: the lingering bird at Croft, and another moving between Covenham Reservoir and South Somercotes; the latter bird being the French-ringed bird previously noted in East Yorkshire at Spurn on 3rd-10th August. Other rarities comprised new White-rumped Sandpipers in both Norfolk at Titchwell, and Kent at Oare, the Paddyfield Warbler still on the Shetland Isles, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, two Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria, with another heard briefly in Staffordshire. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (Cornwall and Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Essex), Hoopoe (Kent and County Waterford), Purple Heron (two in Suffolk), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire and Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lincolnshire and Northumberland), Ring-billed Gull (Lancashire), Sabine's Gull (Greater Manchester), and Long-tailed Skua (County Kerry). |
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| Monday 10th August 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised single Black Storks in both Aberdeenshire and East Yorkshire,
White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, and three Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Essex), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Spotted Crake (Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), and Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall, County Kerry and Lancashire). Seabird highlights were Long-tailed Skua (County Clare), four each of Sabine's Gull and Cory's Shearwater, seven Great Shearwaters and 84 Balearic Shearwaters. |
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| Sunday 9th August 2015 | ||
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| New rarities today comprised a White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk at Hickling
Broad this evening, with a Caspian Tern briefly in Norfolk at Holme this morning, and, in Suffolk, an
Aquatic Warbler on Orford Ness. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were single Black Storks in Aberdeenshire, Dorset and East Yorkshire, the Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, and two Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria. Seabird highlights were a Fea's Petrel and three Wilson's Petrels off County Cork, Sabine's Gulls in both Argyll and Greater Manchester, and a total of 11 Great Shearwaters. Other scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (East Yorkshire), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall and Lancashire), and Pectoral Sandpiper (East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Northumberland). |
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| Saturday 8th August 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the way was a brief Black-headed Bunting in Cornwall at Nanjizal. Otherwise,
Black Storks remained in evidence, with one now in Dorset at Poole Harbour, and further lingering singles in Aberdeenshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Elsewhere rarities comprised
the Paddyfield Warbler still on the Shetland Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent,
Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, and at least two Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Staffordshire), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Sabine's Gull (Greater Manchester), Pectoral Sandpiper (Cleveland and Lincolnshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim, Cornwall and Lancashire), Great Shearwater (County Cork and Isles of Scilly), Long-tailed Skua (Norfolk and Scilly), and Leach's Petrel (County Cork). |
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| Friday 7th August 2015 | ||
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| Black Storks again stole the show, with a new bird in the Dungeness
area of Kent this morning and others remaining at Spurn (Yorks), Loch of
Strathbeg (Aberdeens) and Gibraltar Point (Lincs). The breeding Bee-eaters
were still in Cumbria, with others reported at Gibraltar Point and Spurn.
Other long staying rarities comprised the Paddyfield Warbler on Shetland, White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. The showy Sabine's Gull remained in Greater Manchester, with Ring-billed Gulls remaining in Lancashire and Cornwall. There was also an amazing flock of 440 Dunlin inland at Hollowell Reservoir in Northamptonshire. |
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