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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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| Monday 10th August 2020 | ||
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| A Scopoli's Shearwater was present in the Firth of Forth between Dalgety Bay, Fife and South Queensferry, Lothian, for its second day, although its identity only became apparent late evening from photographs. A Collared Flycatcher was trapped and ringed at Spurn, Yorkshire early morning, where it remained all day.
Other new discoveries today included two Wilson's Petrels from a pelagic off Shetland, single Greenish Warblers at Spurn and Flamborough, both Yorkshire and a Black Kite at Skewjack, Cornwall. Lingering rarities included the Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, single Spotted Sandpipers in Cornwall and County Down, two Black-winged Stilts in Somerset, White-billed Diver in Shetland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Lammergeier in Derbyshire. Scarcity highlights included two Melodious Warblers, five Barred Warblers, seven Icterine Warblers, three Rose-coloured Starlings, four Red-backed Shrikes, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Temminck's Stint, a White-winged Black Tern, two Glossy Ibises, nine Cory's Shearwaters, a Long-tailed Skua, ten Pomarine Skuas and a Ring-billed Gull. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 9th August 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Caspian Tern at Hickling Broad, Norfolk and a White-billed Diver at South Nesting, Shetland, whilst a Pacific Golden Plover was present for a second day at Boulmer, Northumberland.
Lingering rarities included the Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, single Spotted Sandpipers in Cornwall and County Down, two Black-winged Stilts in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Lammergeier in Derbyshire. Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, two Icterine Warblers, two Purple Herons, two Glossy Ibises, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Temminck's Stint, five Honey Buzzards, three Cory's and four Great Shearwaters, a Long-tailed Skua and a Surf Scoter. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 8th August 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Citrine Wagtail at Hook-with-Warsash, Hampshire, a Red-rumped Swallow over Nailsworth and a Caspian Tern at Cotswold Water Park, both Gloucestershire and a Spotted Sandpiper at Drift Reservoir, Cornwall. The Forster's Tern returned to Soldier's Point, County Louth.
Lingering rarities included the Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, Spotted Sandpiper in County Down, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Black Duck in Highland and the Lammergeier in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. A Wilson's Petrel was seen from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Hoopoe, a Pectoral Sandpiper, five Dotterel, a Purple Heron, a Night Heron, a Glossy Ibis, five Honey Buzzards, a Pomarine Skua, a Balearic Shearwater, a Sabine's Gull and an Iceland Gull. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 5th August 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Fea's or Desertas Petrel in County Cork that flew past Galley Head, with other seawatching highlights including a
Sabine's Gull seen from County Waterford, and totals of 23 Cory's and 22
Great Shearwaters logged between County Cork and Cornwall. Rarities elsewhere comprised a White-rumped Sandpiper new in Northumberland at Druridge Pools, the Lammergeier still in Derbyshire, Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, and Bonaparte's Gull still in Kent. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler in Dorset, and Rose-coloured Starling in Wiltshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 3rd August 2020 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today were a Gull-billed Tern in Norfolk at Snettisham, Caspian Tern in County Kerry at Inny Strand, and in
Aberdeenshire a Bee-eater at Rattray Head. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Lammergeier in Derbyshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lancashire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and Black-winged Stilts in both Kent and Somerset (3). Scarcities included Icterine Warbler (Devon), Marsh Warbler (Kent), Rose-coloured Starling (Gwynedd), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Spotted Crake (Gloucestershire), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland Isles), Sabine's Gull (Gwynedd), and Cory's Shearwater (East Yorkshire and Norfolk). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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