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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 4th September 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the first Red-footed Booby for Britain - an adult of the white-tailed brown morph - found in East Sussex at St Leonards on Sea mid afternoon, before being taken into care. Waders included the Western Sandpiper still on the Western Isles, the Hudsonian Whimbrel stilll in Cornwall, a Baird's Sandpiper new in County Londonderry, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Isles of Scilly, Red-necked Phalarope in Kent, two Temminck's Stints, seven Pectoral Sandpipers and 11 Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Notable landbirds comprised the Citrine Wagtail still in Cumbria, Booted Warbler, Arctic Warbler and Greenish Warbler all on the Shetland Isles, Woodchat Shrike (Cumbria), Melodious Warbler (Gwynedd), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Orkney Isles), three Common Rosefinches, four each of both Icterine Warbler and Barred Warbler, six Lapland Buntings, and 11 Wrynecks. Other rarities recorded were the Western Purple Swamphen still in Lincolnshire, the Dalmatian Pelican still in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Louth, and King Eider in Highland. Seawatching totals were 66 Great Shearwaters, 21 Cory's Shearwaters, six Long-tailed Skuas, six Sabine's Gulls and four Leach's Petrels. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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