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| Saturday 15th August 2020 | ||
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| The most significant news of the day was the sighting of a Scopoli's
Shearwater off Mundesley (Norfolk) - the same bird present in Lothian
and Fife from 9th-11th August. Elsewhere new discoveries comprised Citrine Wagtails in Gloucestershire and Shetland and Greenish Warbler in Norfolk. The Lammergeier (Derbyshire), Spotted Sandpipers (Co Down and Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull (Kent), Pacific Golden Plover (Northumberland), White-billed Diver (Shetland), Black-winged Stilt (Somerset) and Gull-billed Tern (Suffolk) all lingered. The best of the rest included Purple Heron (Somerset), White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Wrynecks, four Temminck's Stints, at least four Barred Warblers, six Wilson's Petrels, six Icterine Warblers and seven Red-backed Shrikes. |
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Daily news summaries
Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.
Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Friday 14th August 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of both a Thrush Nightingale and a Citrine Wagtail on the Shetland Isles; on Fair Isle and at Boddam, Mainland, respectively. New rarities elsewhere comprised a
White-rumped Sandpiper in Leicestershire at Rutland Water, Kentish Plover
in Dorset at Stanpit Marsh, a Bee-eater briefly in Lincolnshire at Glentham, and in County Wexford the
Gull-billed Tern returned to Tacumshin. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Lammergeier still in Derbyshire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Black-winged Stilt in Somerset, Greenish Warblers in both Fife and Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gulls in Argyll and Kent, and six Wilson's Petrels at sea off the Isles of Scilly. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Purple Heron (Somerset), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Temminck's Stint (Hertfordshire), Dotterel (West Midlands), two each of Icterine Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Rose-coloured Starling, American Golden Plover, Sabine's Gull, and Glossy Ibis, four Barred Warblers, seven each of Cory's Shearwater and Red-backed Shrike, at least 15 Long-tailed Skuas, and a total of 42 Great Shearwaters. |
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| Thursday 13th August 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Gull-billed Tern in Lancashire at Singleton with other new rarities comprising a
Greenish Warbler in Fife on Isle of May, and two Kentish Plovers
together on the Exe Estuary, Devon. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Lammergeier in Derbyshire, both Pacific Golden Plover and Greenish Warbler in Northumberland, Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, Spotted Sandpipers in both Cornwall and County Down, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, and Black-winged Stilt in Somerset, whilst the King Eider reappeared in Highland at Dornoch, and a Wilson's Petrel was at sea off the Isles of Scilly. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (Orkney Isles), White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Purple Heron (Somerset), Rose-coloured Starling (Pembrokeshire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), American Golden Plover (Western Isles), Temminck's Stint (Hertfordshire), two each of Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua and Glossy Ibis, three Icterine Warblers, four Barred Warblers, and a total of 11 Red-backed Shrikes. |
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| Wednesday 12th August 2020 | ||
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In Dorset, an Aquatic Warbler was trapped and ringed at Lytchett Bay. A Roller turned up at Easington in East Yorkshire and a Citrine Wagtail made a brief appearance at Pool of Virkie in Shetland. A Bee-eater was heard over Inverbervie in Aberdeenshire. Greenish Warblers were found at Sidestrand in Norfolk and Holy Island in Northumberland. Ongoing rarities included the Collared Flycatcher in East Yorkshire, Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, Forster's Tern in Co.Louth, Spotted Sandpipers in Cornwall and Co.Down, Greenish Warbler in East Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Lammergeier in Derbyshire. Among other highlights were Melodious Warbler (Orkney), 13 Icterine Warblers, six Barred Warblers, Wryneck (Orkney), Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles), 10 Red-backed Shrikes, Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Temminck's Stint (Hertfordshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), two Long-tailed Skuas (Shetland) and two Glossy Ibises (Kent and Gwent). |
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| Tuesday 11th August 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Scopoli's Shearwater in the Firth of Forth between Lothian and Fife; although it could not be located after mid-afternoon. Meanwhile, lingering rarities elsewhere included the
Collared Flycatcher still in East Yorkshire, Lammergeier still in Derbyshire,
Forster's Tern in County Louth, Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland,
Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, Spotted Sandpipers in both Cornwall and County Down, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, two
Black-winged Stilts together in Somerset, and a Wilson's Petrel at sea off the Isles of Scilly. An east coast fall was headlined by a Booted Warbler on the Isle of May, Fife, Greenish Warblers in Kent at Coxheath, and in East Yorkshire at both Flamborough Head and Grimston, Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Wryneck (Scilly), five Barred Warblers, six Icterine Warblers, and a total of 11 Red-backed Shrikes. Other scarcities included Purple Heron (Norfolk), Rose-coloured Starling (County Donegal), Sabine's Gull (Scilly), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland Isles), Dotterel (Northumberland), Temminck's Stint (Hertfordshire), two each of both Pectoral Sandpiper and Glossy Ibis. Significant late news from Sunday concerned a Thrush Nightingale in Cornwall at Polgigga and a Greenish Warbler in East Sussex at Beachy Head. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Friday 7th August 2020 | ||
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| Rarity highlights comprised Lammergeier in Derbyshire,
Pacific Golden Plover and Gull-billed Tern in
Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria and Lancashire,
Spotted Sandpiper in Co Down, Bee-eater in
Orkney, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, family of
Black-winged Stilts in Somerset and six Wilson's Petrels
from an Isles of Scilly pelagic. The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starlings (Orkney, Shetland and Wiltshire), Purple Heron and Hoopoe (Somerset), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lancashire), Spotted Crake (Kent), Wryneck (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike and Icterine Warbler (Cornwall), Sabine's Gull (Gwynedd) and Glossy Ibis (Gwent). |
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| Thursday 6th August 2020 | ||
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Still present were the Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland and Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, as well as the Black-winged Stilt family in Somerset and the male in Kent. This evening's pelagic in Scilly waters produced at least six Wilson's Petrels. The Lammergeier was still in Derbyshire. Other highlights included Purple Heron (Somerset), Night Heron (Suffolk), three Rose-coloured Starlings, nine Cory's Shearwaters and 18 Great Shearwaters. |
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