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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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| Wednesday 31st August 2016 | ||
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| New discoveries today were a brief Aquatic Warbler at Lytchett Bay,
Dorset and a Spotted Sandpiper on Great Skellig, County Kerry.
Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Booted Warbler in Shetland, Baird's Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, Pacific Golden Plover in Argyll and White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland. Scarcity highlights included a Barred Warbler, a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Dotterel, a Spotted Crake, a Temminck's Stint, two Ortolan Buntings, three Lapland Buntings, two Honey Buzzards, five Pectoral Sandpipers and eight Wrynecks. Seawatching produced seven Cory's Shearwaters, eight Great Shearwaters, two Sabine's Gulls, four Leach's Petrels, two Long-tailed Skuas, 11 Pomarine Skuas and a Grey Phalarope. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 29th August 2016 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Pacific Golden Plover on Tiree,
Argyll, an Arctic Warbler at Geosetter, Shetland and a Greenish
Warbler at Marsden, County Durham.
Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs in Essex, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Black Duck in Highland and King Eider in County Donegal. There were no sightings of the Royal Tern today. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 28th August 2016 | ||
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| A Sykes's Warbler was trapped on North Ronaldsay, Orkney this evening.
Nearby in Shetland, single Booted Warblers were on Fair Isle and at
Sumburgh Head, an Arctic Warbler was at Mid Dale and a Blyth's Reed
Warbler and Greenish Warbler were both also on Fair Isle. Other new
discoveries today included a Fea's or Zino's Petrel past Pendeen Watch
and a Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Camel Estuary, both Cornwall.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Royal Tern in both County Kerry and County Clare, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Essex, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, Baird's Sandpiper and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Black Duck in Highland another Arctic Warbler in Shetland. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 25th August 2016 | ||
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| The Royal Tern was still present in County Kerry today, and it also
visited the other side of the estuary in County Clare, where it was last
reported from Carrigaholt Bay early evening.
New discoveries today included a Citrine Wagtail at Polgigga, Cornwall, a Pallid Harrier at Toab, Shetland and a Greenish Warbler on the Isle of May, Fife. Lingering rarities included the Least Sandpiper in County Clare, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Lesser Yellowlegs in Essex, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, King Eider in County Donegal, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Northamptonshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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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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