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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 12th April 2020 | ||
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| A Black Kite was seen at Sparham, Norfolk.
Lingering rarities included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly and Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire. Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, two Shorelarks, five Hoopoes, a Leach's Petrel, a Ring-necked Duck, three Iceland Gulls and four Glaucous Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 11th April 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly,
West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire, and in Hampshire a Black Kite flew over Havant. Scarcities included Serin (Dorset and East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Cornwall and two in East Sussex), Wryneck (Norfolk), Green-winged Teal (Angus), three Glaucous Gulls, five Iceland Gulls, and a total of 51 Waxwings. Incoming spring migrants included Wood Sandpiper (Lancashire), Quail (Norfolk), Turtle Dove (Kent), Blue-headed Wagtail (Lincolnshire), Swift (Cambridgeshire), eight Whinchat, and 19 Garganey. Late news concerned a Black-winged Stilt present yesterday in the Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire/Wiltshire. |
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| Thursday 9th April 2020 | ||
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| A Song Sparrow was discovered on Fair Isle, Shetland this evng. This is the ninth record for Britain, and the 5th for the island. The sixth Western Sandpiper for Ireland was found at Tacumshin, County Wexford this morning (the second for the site).
Other new discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow on Cape Clear, County Cork, and a Black Kite over Scarning, Norfolk. Lingering rarities included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly and Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire. Scarcity higlights included a Bluethroat, a Wryneck, a Shorelark, two Hoopoes, a Glossy Ibis, a Surf Scoter, two Ring-necked Ducks, a Glaucous Gull and five Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 8th April 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly, the West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire, a
White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, and single Black Kites seen briefly in Hampshire, Kent and Norfolk. Scarcities included seven Hoopoes (Ayrshire, Cornwall (3), Norfolk. East Sussex and County Waterford), Shorelark (East Yorkshire), Purple Heron and Glossy Ibis (Lancashire), two Surf Scoters (London), two Glaucous Gulls, and three Iceland Gulls. Incoming spring migrants included 33 Ring Ouzels, three Garganey, two Wood Warbler, Swift (Gwent), and Whinchat (Dorset). |
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| Monday 6th April 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow south past Scarborough, Filey and Spurn, all Yorkshire, an Alpine Swift at Howth Head, County Dublin and a Blue-winged Teal at Exminster Marshes RSPB, Devon.
The Lesser Kestrel lingered in Scilly, as did a White-billed Diver in Orkney. Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, two Serins, three Lapland Buntings, four Hoopoes, four Shorelarks, 38 Waxwings, a Glossy Ibis, a Ring-necked Duck, a Surf Scoter, a Black Brant, three Iceland Gulls and four Glaucous Gulls. |
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| Sunday 5th April 2020 | ||
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| Discoveries today included an Alpine Swift in Dorset at Leigh, Red-rumped Swallow in Hampshire
at Titchfield Haven, and a Red-footed Falcon reported in Cornwall at Sancreed. Rarities elsewhere comprised the
Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly and the West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire. Scarcities included three Hoopoes (Cornwall, Devon, and Scilly), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard (Buckinghamshire and Essex) and Shorelark (Norfolk), American Wigeon and Lapland Bunting (Suffolk), Spotted Crake (Merseyside), Ring-necked Duck (Bedfordshire), Dotterel (County Kerry), Surf Scoter (Lothian), and Grey Phalarope (Lincolnshire). Incoming spring migrants included Garden Warbler (Oxfordshire), Grasshopper Warbler (Scilly), Nightingale (Suffolk), two each of Redstart, Cuckoo and Hobby, three Swift, four each of Garganey and Tree Pipit, six Little Terns, 10 Yellow Wagtails, 12 White Wagtails, and 42 Ring Ouzels. |
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| Friday 3rd April 2020 | ||
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| Significant news from yesterday concerned a Short-toed Treecreeper at Dungeness, Kent.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly, American Herring Gull in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in West Midlands. Scarcity highlights included a Ring-necked Duck, four Iceland Gulls and 67 Waxwings. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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