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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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| Wednesday 6th May 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Savi's Warbler at Druridge Bay, Northumberland, a Black Kite near Wedmore, Somerset and two Bee-eaters over Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire.
Scarcity highlights included a Red-backed Shrike, a Serin, a Short-toed Lark, a Golden Oriole, two Hoopoes, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Glossy Ibis, two Purple Herons, a Montagu's Harrier, two Honey Buzzards, a Balearic Shearwater, two Pomarine Skuas, three Iceland Gulls and three Glaucous Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 5th May 2020 | ||
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| Notable sightings today included a Red-backed Shrike in County Durham, single
Hoopoes in both Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, at least two Golden Orioles on the Isles of Scilly with another in County Cork, a Balearic Shearwater
in Dorset, and both Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull remain together on the Shetland Isles. Late news concerned the Steller's Eider still present on the Orkney Isles on Papa Westray on 24th April. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 3rd May 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Squacco Heron at High Eske NR, Yorkshire, an Iberian Chiffchaff at Croft, Lincolnshire, female Subalpine Warblers in Shetland at Funzie, Fetlar and in Scilly at Porth Hellick, St Mary's, and a Black Kite over Stoneleigh, London.
The Red-throated Pipit lingered in Scilly, as did the Red-footed Falcon in Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, a Grey-headed Wagtail, two Hoopoes, a Night Heron, eight Dotterel, two Roseate Terns, two Glaucous Gulls, two Iceland Gulls, a Balearic Shearwater and seven Pomarine Skuas. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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