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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 2nd May 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised a Hudsonian Whimbrel in Highland at Dunnet Bay (where it had first been glimpsed a week ago), and in Kent the
Red-footed Falcon remained at Stodmarsh and a Red-rumped Swallow flew over Foreness Point. Scarcities included Red-breasted Flycatcher (Lincolnshire), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Wryneck and Glaucous Gull (Shetland Isles), Lapland Bunting (Gwynedd), Surf Scoter (Fife), Black Brant (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Dorset and North Yorkshire), and a total of four Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 30th April 2020 | ||
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| New King Eiders were discovered off Coul Links, Highland and off Ardvule, Western Isles, a Bee-eater flew over Woodhorn, Northumberland and a Black Kite flew over Woolmer Pond, Hampshire, with two in the Sizewell/Minsmere area, Suffolk.
Lingering rarities included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly, Black Kite in Conwy and King Eider in Aberdeenshire. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Serin, a Richard's Pipit, a Lapland Bunting, two Hoopoes, three Wrynecks, a Montagu's Harrier, a Corncrake, five Dotterel, a Glossy Ibis, a Roseate Tern, a Ring-necked Duck, a Surf Scoter, four Pomarine Skuas, a Glaucous Gull and two Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 29th April 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both the Lesser Kestrel and Red-throated Pipit still on the Isles of Scilly, an
Alpine Swift on the Isle of Wight at Sandown, a White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, and in Aberdeenshire the
King Eider returned to the Ythan Estuary. Scarcities included Purple Heron (East Sussex), Pectoral Sandpiper (Highland), Hoopoe (North Yorkshire), Iceland Gull (Shetland Isles), two Glaucous Gulls, and a total of seven migrant Dotterel. Significant late news concerned a female Pallid Harrier present yesterday on Shetland on Yell. |
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| Monday 27th April 2020 | ||
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| A Red-rumped Swallow flew south over Landguard NR, Suffolk, and there were reports of two Bee-eaters over Southport, Merseyside and a Black Kite over Ashdown Forest, Sussex.
Both the Lesser Kestrel and the Red-throated Pipit lingered in Scilly. Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, a Golden Oriole, a Serin, a Richard's Pipit, Waxwing, five Hoopoes, a Purple Heron, three Dotterels, a Ring-necked Duck, a Pomarine Skua, three Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 26th April 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both Lesser Kestrel and Red-throated Pipit
on the Isles of Scilly, White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles and
single Black Kites seen briefly in both Kent and Worcestershire. Scarcities included both Richard's Pipit and Dotterel in Conwy, Serin in Suffolk, Lapland Bunting in Norfolk, four each of both Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull, a total of five Hoopoes, and a flock of 20 Waxwings in Aberdeenshire. |
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| Friday 24th April 2020 | ||
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| Late news concerned a male Sardinian Warbler on Sunday at Porthleven, Cornwall, and a Red-rumped Swallow yesterday at Dungeness, Kent.
The Lesser Kestrel lingered in Scilly. Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, a Little Bunting, a Richard's Pipit, two Hoopoes, a Night Heron, a Ring-necked Duck, two Glaucous Gulls, four Iceland Gulls and up to 22 Pomarine Skuas. |
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| Thursday 23rd April 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly, a Subalpine Warbler
in Pembrokeshire at Martin's Haven, Bee-eater in Dorset at Portland, and three
White-billed Divers located on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (West Sussex), Serin (Norfolk), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent), Dotterel (Cambridgeshire), Hoopoe (Dorset and East Sussex), two Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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