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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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| Sunday 17th July 2016 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the American White-winged Scoter still in Aberdeenshire, the territorial
Little Bittern in Somerset, and the Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcities included two Serins in Dorset, Sabine's Gull (Derbyshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lincolnshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), White Stork (Worcestershire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), and three Cattle Egrets. Seabirds included three Wilson's Petrels, a Great Shearwater and a Long-tailed Skua at sea off County Cork. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 15th July 2016 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised a territorial Little Bittern still in Somerset at Ham Wall,
White-billed Diver in Moray at Findhorn, and single Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and Northumberland. Scarcities included Sabine's Gull (Derbyshire), Hoopoe (Dorset), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), and Glossy Ibis (South Yorkshire). |
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| Thursday 14th July 2016 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Black Stork in West Sussex (over
Knepp Castle Estate and at Pulborough Brooks RSPB), and a Bee-eater over
Wrentham, Suffolk.
Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, single Little Bitterns in Somerset and South Yorkshire, White-billed Diver in Moray, single Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and Northumberland and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. Scarcity highlights included a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Temminck's Stint, a Sabine's Gull, a Great Shearwater, two Cory's Shearwaters and four Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 13th July 2016 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Hudsonian Whimbrel and
Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Collared Pratincole and Little
Bittern in Somerset, Little Bittern in South Yorkshire,
White-billed Diver in Moray, single Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and
Northumberland and two Wilson's Petrels off County Galway.
Scarcities included a Sabine's Gull in Derbyshire, a Pectoral Sandpiper and a White Stork in Yorkshire, a Cory's Shearwater off Scilly, a Temminck's Stint in Northumberland and three Glossy Ibises. |
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| Sunday 10th July 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Collared Pratincole in Somerset at Ham Wall, where a
Little Bittern remained. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, both the Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Iberian Chiffchaff on the Isles of Scilly, and the Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (South Yorkshire), Common Rosefinch (London), Pectoral Sandpiper (Norfolk), Cattle Egret (Cambridgeshire), two Surf Scoters, and a total of nine Glossy Ibises. Seawatching produced four Cory's Shearwaters and a Sabine's Gull passing headlands in County Cork, and a Leach's Petrel off Glamorgan. |
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| Saturday 9th July 2016 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the American White-winged Scoter
and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel and
Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Little Bitterns in South Yorkshire and
Somerset and Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and Northumberland.
Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a White-winged Black Tern, a Cory's Shearwater, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Surf Scoter, a White Stork, three Glossy Ibises and four Pomarine Skuas. |
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| Friday 8th July 2016 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an adult Bonaparte's Gull at
Oare Marshes, Kent and a Wilson's Petrel over the Porcupine Bank west of
Slyne Head, County Galway.
Lingering rarities included just the American White-winged Scoter and King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall. Scarcity highlights were a White-winged Black Tern in South Yorkshire, Common Rosefinch in London, Golden Oriole in Suffolk, Temminck's Stint in Norfolk, Red-necked Phalarope in Northumberland and Glossy Ibises in Kent, Essex, South Yorkshire, Somerset (two) and County Clare (two). |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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