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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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| Saturday 30th June 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Squacco Heron at Kilnsea, Yorkshire, Pacific Golden Plover at Gwithian then Hayle, Cornwall, Black-headed Bunting at Norwick, Shetland, Iberian Chiffchaff at Thurstaston, Wirral and single Bonaparte's Gulls at Cross Ness, London and Oare, Kent.
Scarcity highlights included a Montagu's Harrier, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Glossy Ibises, two Glaucous Gulls, four Honey Buzzards and four Pomarine Skuas. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 29th June 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Squacco Heron in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea where it showed all day. Rarities elsewhere comprised a
Pacific Golden Plover new in Cornwall at Gwithian, a brief Alpine Swift in Shropshire at Broseley, the territiorial
Great Reed Warbler still in Cambridgeshire, Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk and
Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and London. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Aberdeenshire), Golden Oriole (Gloucestershire) and Red-backed Shrike (Surrey). |
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| Wednesday 27th June 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and London, Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk and Bee-eaters in East Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Scarcities included Golden Oriole and Hoopoe (both Gloucestershire), Red-backed Shrike and White Stork (2) (both Surrey), Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles) and a migrant Red-necked Phalarope (Highland). |
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| Tuesday 26th June 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Black-headed Bunting still on the Shetland Isles,
Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk,
Bonaparte's Gull in London, Bonaparte's Gull and brief Black Kite in Kent, and
Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk. Scarcities included Golden Oriole (Gloucestershire), Ring-necked Duck (Argyll), Cattle Egret (Merseyside) and four Rose-coloured Starlings (County Cork, County Galway, County Kerry and the Shetland Isles). |
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| Monday 25th June 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was two Caspain Terns and a Great Shearwater watched at sea off Galley Head, County Cork. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the territorial Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgieshire, Eastern Subalpine Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, and Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and London. Scarcities included Golden Oriole (Gloucestershire), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland Isles), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), two migrant Red-necked Phalaropes (together on the Orkney Isles), and a total of four migrant Rose-coloured Starlings. |
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| Sunday 24th June 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the territorial Iberian Chiffchaff still on the Wirral,
Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk,
Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and London, and Black Kites reported briefly in both Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire. Scarcities included Red-breasted Flycatcher (Isle of Man), Purple Heron (County Cork), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), Long-tailed Skua (Highland), Spotted Crake (West Yorkshire), and three Rose-coloured Starlings (Aberdeenshire, County Kerry and the Orkney Isles). |
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| Friday 22nd June 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Ferruginous Duck in Durham.
Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a White-winged Black Tern, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Glaucous Gull, an Iceland Gull, a Cattle Egret, a Balearic Shearwater, three Honey Buzzards and four Rose-coloured Starlings. |
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| Thursday 21st June 2018 | ||
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| In Dorset the American Royal Tern was seen off Weymouth at 5.30am, but, despite much searching, it wasn't located again.
Other lingering rarities included the Black-headed Bunting at Norwick, Shetland, Semipalmated Sandpiper at Washington, County Durham, Great Reed Warbler at Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire, Iberian Chiffchaff at Otley, Yorkshire and Bonaparte's Gull at Oare, Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Spotted Crake, a Glaucous Gull, two Honey Buzzards, six Rose-coloured Starlings and eight Cattle Egrets. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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