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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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| Monday 22nd August 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of the first Booted Warbler of the year, on Fetlar, Shetland Isles. Related sightings included
Greenish Warblers in Dorset at Portland, the Orkney Isles at Evie and the Shetland Isles (2),
Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Barred Warbler (Orkney Isles),
Red-backed Shrike (Norfolk), two Icterine Warblers, six Wrynecks, also
Melodious Warbler (Isles of Scilly), White-winged Black Tern (Leicestershire), and
Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire). Rare waders comprised a Lesser Yellowlegs new in Essex at Vange Marsh, the Terek Sandpiper still in County Wexford, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, and a Temminck's Stint in London. Seabirds included Wilson's Petrels in County Clare and the Isles of Scilly (4), and totals of two Sabine's Gulls, two Great Shearwaters and five Cory's Shearwaters. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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