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| Friday 12th August 2016 | ||
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| A Wilson's Petrel flew past Gwennap Head, Cornwall late morning, with
another seen from a Scilly pelagic this evening.
Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcity highlights included an American Golden Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Temminck's Stint, a Purple Heron, a Pomarine Skua, two Great Shearwaters and six Glossy Ibises. |
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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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| Thursday 11th August 2016 | ||
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| A Lesser Yellowlegs was discovered on Broadmeadows Estuary at Swords,
County Dublin this evening.
Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter and White-rumped Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall and Spotted Sandpiper in Devon. Scarcity highlights included a Great Shearwater, a Long-tailed Skua, a Purple Heron, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Surf Scoter, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Honey Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises and two Cattle Egrets. |
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| Wednesday 10th August 2016 | ||
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| American waders today comprised the Hudsonian Whimbrel still in Cornwall,
Semipalmated Sandpiper in Pembrokeshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon,
White-rumped Sandpipers in both Aberdeenshire and County Antrim, and a Pectoral Sandpiper in Cambridgeshire. Otherwise, scarcities included Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Montagu's Harrier (East Yorkshire), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), Long-tailed Skua (County Durham), two Great Shearwaters, and three each of both Red-necked Phalarope and Glossy Ibis. |
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| Tuesday 9th August 2016 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel
in Cornwall, Squacco Heron in Licolnshire, Black Duck in Highland,
Semipalmated Sandpipers in both County Kerry and Pembrokeshire, Spotted Sandpiper
in Devon, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and Northamptonshire. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Norfolk), Temminck's Stint (Derbyshire), White Stork (Dorset) and Cattle Egret (Merseyside), two Pectoral Sandpipers and four Glossy Ibises. Seabirds today included Cory's Shearwater (Ceredigion), Great Shearwater (Cornwall and East Yorkshire), Long-tailed Skua and Grey Phalarope (both East Yorkshire). |
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| Monday 8th August 2016 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an adult Spotted Sandpiper at South
Efford Marsh, Devon, and the Forster's Tern reappeared at Soldier's
Point, County Louth.
Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Pembrokeshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Purple Heron, a Cattle Egret, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Honey Buzzard, a White Stork and six Glossy Ibises. Seawatching produced 19 Cory's Shearwaters, 19 Great Shearwaters and seven Pomarine Skuas. |
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| Sunday 7th August 2016 | ||
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| Seabirds were the highlight of the day with 703 Cory's Shearwaters logged (all but one in Ireland), 56 Great Shearwaters (all but five in Ireland), a
Long-tailed Skua passing County Clare, and two Wilson's Petrels off the Isles of Scilly. Rarities comprised both the Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel still in Cornwall, Semipalmated Sandpipers in both County Kerry and Pembrokeshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and White-rumped Sandpipers in County Antrim and briefly on the Isles of Scilly. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), Temminck's Stint (East Yorkshire), White Stork (West Sussex), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), two each of both Pectoral Sandpiper and Surf Scoter, and a total of seven Glossy Ibises. |
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| Saturday 6th August 2016 | ||
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| American waders remained in focus today with two Semipalmated Sandpipers
- new in County Kerry at Reenroe, and lingering in Pembrokeshire - Hudsonian Whimbrel
still in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, White-rumped Sandpipers in each of County Antrim, Lincolnshire and
Norfolk, and single Pectoral Sandpipers in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire
and Norfolk. Other rarities comprised the Dalmatian Pelican still in Cornwall, American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, and Squacco Heron in Lincolnshire, but unfortunately the Western Purple Swamphen could not be located in Suffolk. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (Kent), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Galway), White Stork (London and West Sussex), and three each of Pectoral Sandpiper, Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret. Seabirds included Long-tailed Skua (Norfolk), 10 Great Shearwaters (Cornwall, Isles of Scilly and County Waterford) and 16 Cory's Shearwaters (County Cork and Cornwall). |
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| Friday 5th August 2016 | ||
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| Rarity highlights included the Western Purple Swamphen
(Suffolk), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Pembrokeshire),
Spotted Sandpiper (Somerset/Dorset), Squacco Heron
(Lincolnshire), White-rumped Sandpipers (Co Antrim,
Lincolnshire and Angus) and Hudsonian Whimbrel and
Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall). The best of the rest included Melodious Warbler (Pembrokeshire), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), White-winged Black Tern (Aberdeenshire), two Pectoral Sandpipers and two Glossy Ibises. |
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| Thursday 4th August 2016 | ||
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| The Least Sandpiper at Seaton, Devon, was briefly joined by
a second individual this morning. Elsewhere new discoveries included
Spotted Sandpiper at Sutton Bingham Reservoir (Somerset/Dorset),
White-rumped Sandpiper at Cley (Norfolk) and a Bee-eater
at sea north of Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire). The Western Purple Swamphen
(Suffolk), Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel
(Cornwall), White-rumped Sandpipers (Angus, Lincolnshire and Co
Antrim) and Bonaparte's Gull (Kent) all lingered.
Seabird highlights comprised at least six Wilson's Petrels (at least five from a Scilly pelagic and one off the County Kerry coastline), 31 Cory's Shearwaters and five Great Shearwaters. The best of the rest included two Pectoral Sandpipers (Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire). |
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| Wednesday 3rd August 2016 | ||
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| The best seawatching day of the year so far saw the first Fea's/Zino's Petrel
passing Ram Head, County Waterford, Wilson's Petrel between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, a
Grey Phalarope in Pembrokeshire, Long-tailed Skua passing County Clare, and at least 747 Cory's Shearwaters between County Clare and Cornwall, and 47
Great Shearwaters between County Kerry and Cornwall. Single White-rumped Sandpipers were discovered in both County Antrim and Norfolk, whilst lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Western Purple Swamphen in Suffolk, Least Sandpiper in Devon, American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, both Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Little Bittern in Somerset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, and single Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Norfolk), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), White Stork (London), two Surf Scoters, three Glossy Ibises, and four Pectoral Sandpipers (Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Essex and Lincolnshire). |
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