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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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| Friday 24th July 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Stilt Sandpiper in Orkney, Long-billed Dowitcher in Merseyside, Black-winged Stilts in Somerset (three) and Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Laughing Gull in County Dublin and Lammergeier in Derbyshire /South Yorkshire.
Scarcity highlights included three Rose-coloured Starlings, two Pectoral Sandpipers, a Night Heron, a Glossy Ibis, five Honey Buzzards and a Long-tailed Skua. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 23rd July 2020 | ||
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| A Sooty Tern was present briefly at Maidens, Ayrshire mid afternoon before it flew north. A Stilt Sandpiper remained for its second day on Sanday, Orkney.
Other lingering rarites included the Lammergeier in Derbyshire /South Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria and Merseyside, Black-winged Stilts in Somerset (five) and Kent, Laughing Gull in County Dublin and single Bonaparte's Gulls in County Louth and Argyll. Scarcity highlights included two Rose-coloured Starlings, four Honey Buzzards, a Glossy Ibis, a Pomarine Skua, eight Long-tailed Skuas and ten Balearic Shearwaters. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 20th July 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Lammergeier on the border of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire,
Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Merseyside, both Lesser Yellowlegs and
Black-winged Stilt in Kent, and Bonaparte's Gulls in both Argyll and Kent. Scarcities included Marsh Warbler (Suffolk), Purple Heron (North Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Wexford), Glossy Ibis (Gloucestershire), three Rose-coloured Starlings, and a total of five Long-tailed Skuas. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 18th July 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Long-billed Dowitcher at Marshside RSPB, Merseyside and a Bee-eater at Fishlake Meadows HIWWT, Hampshire, but both birds were only on view briefly.
Lingering rarities included the Lammergeier in South Yorkshire /Derbyshire, Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland, Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Lesser Yellowlegs, Black-winged Stilt and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent (with another of the latter in County Louth), Laughing Gull in County Dublin and Black Duck in Highland. Scarcity highlights included three Rose-coloured Starlings, a Honey Buzzard, two Glossy Ibises, two Glaucous Gulls, a Cory's Shearwater, three Great Shearwaters, eight Long-tailed Skuas and two Pectoral Sandpipers. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 17th July 2020 | ||
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| A Great Spotted Cuckoo was seen at Thornham, Norfolk briefly early morning only.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Lammergeier in Derbyshire /South Yorkshire, Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent (with another of the latter in Argyll), Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, two Black-winged Stilts in Somerset and one in Kent, Laughing Gull in County Dublin, Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk and King Eider in Moray. Scarcity highlights included two Rose-coloured Starlings, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Glossy Ibis, four Honey Buzzards, a Pomarine Skua, two Long-tailed Skuas and a Glaucous Gull. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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