| Daily News Summaries | ||||
 | ||||
 |
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. | |||
 |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
||||
| << Newer | Back to the most recent | Older>> | ||
|
||||
|
|
|
| Tuesday 25th July 2017 | ||
|
||
| New discoveries today included a Marsh Sandpiper at Freiston Shore
RSPB, Lincolnshire, a second Two-barred Crossbill at Baltasound, Unst,
Shetland, a Wilson's Petrel off Skellig Michael, County Kerry and a
Black Kite at Cuckmere, East Sussex. A Black Stork flew over
Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire (presumably the lingering bird which departed
Dunsby Fen, Lincolnshire late morning), and late news concerned a Collared
Pratincole present on Orford Ness, Suffolk last weekend.
Lingering rarities included the Two-barred Crossbill in Fife, Forster's Tern in County Louth, White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Little Bittern in Somerset, three Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
| Sunday 23rd July 2017 | ||
|
||
| New discoveries today included a White-rumped Sandpiper on West Burra,
Shetland, a Wilson's Petrel past Cape Cornwall, Cornwall and a Black
Kite over Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire.
Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Marsh Sandpiper, ten Black-winged Stilts and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, six Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk and four in Cambridgeshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Two-barred Crossbill in Shetland and five Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire. The best of the rest were a Short-toed Lark, a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Purple Heron, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Honey Buzzard, two Pectoral Sandpipers, five Cattle Egrets, two Long-tailed Skuas, a Pomarine Skua, eight Roseate Terns, nine Great Shearwaters and 23 Cory's Shearwaters. |
||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
| Thursday 20th July 2017 | ||
|
||
| An adult Bonaparte's Gull was at Whitehead, County Antrim.
Lingering rarities included the Caspian Tern at Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire, Forster's Tern at Dundalk, County Louth, Marsh Sandpiper and at least seven Black-winged Stilts at Cliffe, Kent, five Black-winged Stilts at Potter Heigham, Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull at Oare, Kent and at least three Bee-eaters at East Leake, including at least one young in one of three nest holes. Scarcity highlights included a Marsh Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Glossy Ibis, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Temminck's Stint, four Pectoral Sandpipers, a Glaucous Gull, a Balearic Shearwater, two Great Shearwaters and 33 Cory's Shearwaters. |
||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
| Wednesday 19th July 2017 | ||
|
||
| The highlight of the day was the relocation of the long-staying Forster's Tern in Ireland to Dundalk, County
Louth, where it has returned to moult most summers since 2006. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Caspian Tern still in West Yorkshire, Marsh Sandpiper and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, King Eider in Ceredigion and five Bee-eaters still in Nottinghamshire. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Western Isles), Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), American Wigeon (North Yorkshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Temminck's Stint (Gloucestershire), Cory's Shearwater (County Clare), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk) two Pectoral Sandpipers and four Cattle Egrets. |
||
| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
| Tuesday 18th July 2017 | ||
|
||
| The highlight of the day was a Caspian Tern in West Yorkshire that was mobile between Swillington Ings and Fairburn Ings for much of the day.
In Lincolnshire a juvenile Broad-billed Sandpiper was seen briefly on The Wash at Gibraltar
Point. Rarities elsewhere comrpised the Marsh Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts all still in Kent, King Eider still in Ceredigion and the flock of four Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire, but the Amur Falcon could not be found in Cornwall at St Buryan. Scarcities included Golden Oriole (Gloucestershire), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint and Great Shearwater, and a total of seven Cattle Egrets. |
||
| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
| << Newer | Back to the most recent | Older>> | ||
|
| ||||
| ||||
| All weather charts on this page are Crown Copyright of the Met Office and are reproduced here with their permission. If you wish to reproduce any of these charts yourself, you must seek prior approval from the Met Office |
||||
|
||||