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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 1st May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Red-winged Blackbird
on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles, whilst the territorial Pallid Harrier
remained in Lancashire, as did the Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Dorset,
Gull-billed Tern in County Cork, Squacco Heron in County Kerry, Little Bittern on the Isles of Scilly,
Bonaparte's Gulls in Dorset, Hampshire and Oxfordshire, Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk,
Black-winged Stilts in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk (3), King Eider in Aberdeenshire and
White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles. Newly discovered rarities were in the main brief encounters with a Broad-billed Sandpiper on Anglesey at Llanfachraeth, a Subalpine Wabler on the Shetland Isles on Unst, a Red-rumped Swallow in Essex, a Black Kite in Kent and Red-footed Falcons in both East Sussex and Norfolk (2). Scarcities included Kentish Plover (Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire), American Golden Plover (Dumfries and Galloway), Purple Heron (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Great Grey Shrike (Dorset), two each of Wryneck, Ring-necked Duck, Glossy Ibis and Green-winged Teal, three Lapland Buntings, four of both Night Heron and Temminck's Stint, five Hoopoes, 16 Dotterel, 22 Shorelarks and a total of 42 Cattle Egrets. |
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| Sunday 30th April 2017 | ||
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| A very busy day, with a heavy inland passage of terns and waders along with
good numbers of Pomarine Skuas along the south coast producing over 900
bird news messages.
Headlining was the lingering Red-winged Blackbird on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, which obliged all day. New discoveries today included three Black-winged Stilts at Boyton, Suffolk, a female Two-barred Crossbill at Haddon Hill, Somerset (joining the lingering male), a Subalpine Warbler species at Geosetter, Shetland and single Black Kites on St Mary's, Scilly and over Folkestone and Seabrook, Kent. Lingering rarities included the Pallid Harrier in Lancashire, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Squacco Heron in County Kerry, Little Bittern in Scilly, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Dorset, single Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk, Gull-billed Tern in County Cork, single Bonaparte's Gulls in Dorset, Hampshire and Oxfordshire, two Black-winged Stilts in both Norfolk and Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Down, two White-billed Divers in Orkney and one in Aberdeenshire, King Eider in Highland and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. |
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| Saturday 29th April 2017 | ||
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| The first Red-winged Blackbird for Britain was discovered on North
Ronaldsay, Orkney mid afternoon, where it remained into this evening.
Other new discoveries today included a Pallid Harrier at Grimston and a Savi's Warbler at Spurn, both Yorkshire, five Black-winged Stilts at March Farmers, Cambridgeshire, and two Black-winged Stilts at Welney WWT and a Black Kite at Hickling, both Norfolk. Lingering rarities included the male Pallid Harrier in Lancashire, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Dorset, single Savi's Warblers in Norfolk and Suffolk, Two-barred Crossbill in Somerset, Little Bittern in the Isles of Scilly, Gull-billed Tern in County Cork, Bonaparte's Gulls in Essex, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Dorset, Black Duck and King Eider in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Down and single White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire and Moray. |
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| Tuesday 25th April 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Red-footed Falcon in Kent at Grove Ferry. Elsewhere rarities comprised the
Little Bittern still on the Isles of Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher on the Orkney Isles,
Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, territorial Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk,
Black-winged Sitlts in Cambridgeshire (2) and the Isles of Scilly (2), and
Bonaparte's Gulls in Essex, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Isles of Scilly), Bluethroat (East Sussex), Hoopoe (County Durham), Dotterel (Conwy), Ring-necked Duck (Kent), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Great Grey Shrike, four Night Herons, 20 Lapland Buntings, 22 Shorelarks and a total of 39 Cattle Egrets. |
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| Monday 24th April 2017 | ||
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| Mediterranean rarities dominated with a Little Bittern still on the Isles of Scilly,
Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, Black Kite in Norfolk, territorial
Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk, a Red-rumped Swallow moving from North Yorkshire to East Yorkshire, and
Black-winged Stilts in Cambridgeshire (2), Gloucestershire (3), Isles of Scilly (2) and West Sussex (2). Associated scarcities were Ortolan Bunting (Suffolk), Hoopoe (Derbyshire), Kentish Plover (Dorset), Short-toed Lark and Golden Oriole (both on the Isles of Scilly), two each of Night Heron, Serin and Glossy Ibis, and a total of 39 Cattle Egrets. Other rarities comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still in Argyll, Black Duck in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher on the Orkney Isles, two White-billed Divers together in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and single Bonaparte's Gulls in Essex, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. |
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