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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 21st July 2018 | ||
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| In Cleveland, an adult Franklin's Gull spent just over 45 minutes at Scaling Dam Reservoir late afternoon, a White-rumped Sandpiper was in Kent at Oare Marshes KWT (joining the summering Bonaparte's Gull), and a Wilson's Petrel was in County Cork, seen from a pelagic off Baltimore.
Lingering rarities included the Lesser Yellowlegs at Titchwell, Norfolk and the two Savi's Warblers at Minsmere, Suffolk. Scarcity highlights included a Red-backed Shrike, a Purple Heron, an Iceland Gull, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two Temminck's Stints, two White-winged Black Terns, two Glossy Ibises, two Honey Buzzards, two Pomarine Skuas, four Balearic Shearwaters and 40 Great Shearwaters. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 19th July 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Sooty Tern in Northumberland where - after being missing for eleven days - it was again seen on the Farne Islands briefly at Inner Farne before being relocated on the mainland at Long Nanny in the evening but once again it soon flew off. New rarities today comprised a Black Stork in Devon at Avon Dam, a Bonaparte's Gull in Gwynedd at Porthmadog and on the Orkney Isles now two Two-barred Crossbills on Westray. Rarities elsewhere comprised Lesser Yellowlegs (Norfolk), Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts (together in Kent) and two Wilson's Petrels (at sea off the Isles of Scilly). Scarcities included American Golden Plover (Argyll), Rose-coloured Starling (Shetland Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Temminck's Stint (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Great Shearwater (Isles of Scilly), two Glossy Ibises, three Pectoral Sandpipers and six Cattle Egrets. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 17th July 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the dway was a Black Stork in Leicestershire at Anstey briefly; perhaps the same individual as seen flying over Thorngumbald, East Yorkshire on Sunday. Rarities elsewhere comrpised the Lesser Yellowlegs and Black-winged Stilt both still in Norfolk, and in Kent Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together at Oare Marshes. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Nottinghamshire), Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Kent), two each of both Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret, and three each of Rose-coloured Starling and Pectoral Sandpiper. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 16th July 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Lesser Yellowlegs again in Norfolk at Titchwell,
Wilson's Petrel at sea off the Isles of Scilly and in Kent Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together at Oare Marshes. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Warwickshire), Glossy Ibis (Leicestershire) and Cattle Egrets (Merseyside, Norfolk and Somerset). |
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| Sunday 15th July 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Greater Sand Plover in East Yorkshire at Easington where it showed on and off throughout the day. Rarities elsewhere comprised
a Snowy Owl still on the Western Isles, Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together in Kent,
Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, and two Savi's Warblers together in Suffolk. Scarcities included two Rose-coloured Starlings (Cornwall and Suffolk), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland) and Cattle Egret (Norfolk). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 13th July 2018 | ||
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| An Audouin's Gull was discovered in Sheffield, South Yorkshire this evening. This remarkable inland record is the second for Yorkshire, following the 25-minute bird at Kilnsea in 2005, and is just the eighth record for Britain.
In Norfolk, an adult Lesser Yellowlegs was found at Titchwell RSPB. Lingering rarities present today included the Little Bittern in Shropshire, Snowy Owl in the Western Isles, Pacific Golden Plover in County Wicklow and the Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts in Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Red-backed Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Glaucous Gulls, three Roseate Terns and 11 Cattle Egrets. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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