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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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| Sunday 30th August 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Isabelline Wheatear at Carmel Head, Anglesey, a Caspian Tern at Huttoft Bank, Lincolnshire, a Fea's or Desertas Petrel and a Subalpine Warbler species on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Rerwick and a Greenish Warbler at Spiggie, both Shetland (with others of the latter at East Hills, Norfolk and Newbiggin, Northumberland), a Citrine Wagtail and Black Kite at Nanjizal, Cornwall, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Cahore, County Wexford and a White-billed Diver off Islay, Argyll.
Lingering rarities included the Booted Warbler in County Durham, Citrine Wagtail in Scilly, two Black-winged Stilts in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll and Lammergeier in Derbyshire. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, an Ortolan Bunting, a Hoopoe, a Marsh Warbler, two Icterine Warblers, three Rose-coloured Starlings, four Red-backed Shrikes, six Common Rosefinches, eight Barred Warblers, ten Wrynecks, two Purple Herons, three Spotted Crakes, three Honey Buzzards, an American Golden Plover, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, two Dotterel, three Glossy Ibises, two Great Shearwaters, four Balearic Shearwaters, two Grey Phalaropes, four Leach's Petrels, up to ten Sabine's Gulls, 93 Long-tailed Skuas, 25 Pomarine Skuas and ten Roseate Terns. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 29th August 2020 | ||
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| A Booted Warbler was discovered at Whitburn, County Durham early afternoon, but wasn't seen again.
Lingering rarities included single Citrine Wagtails on Tresco, Scilly and Sanday, Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs at Tacumshin, County Wexford, two Black-winged Stilts in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll and Lammergeier in Derbyshire. Three Wilson's Petrels were seen from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Melodious Warbler, an Icterine Warbler, a Woodchat Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Barred Warblers, three Red-backed Shrikes, three Wrynecks, three Common Rosefinches, two Spotted Crakes, a Purple Heron, two Dotterel, two American Golden Plovers, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers, two Glossy Ibises, up to seven Great Shearwaters, nine Sabine's Gulls, 22 Pomarine Skuas and 180 Long-tailed Skuas. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 25th August 2020 | ||
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| Seawatching provided the highlights today with a Fea's/Desertas Petrel passing Berry Head, Devon in the morning and then Porthgwarra, Cornwall late in the afternoon,
Wilson's Petrels were recorded from land in County Clare (3), County Kerry and Cornwall (2), with around island totals of six
Cory's Shearwaters, 12 Leach's Petrels, 25 Sabine's Gulls, 37 Great
Shearwaters, and 41 Long-tailed Skuas. A Citrine Wagtail was seen briefly in Norfolk at Cley, the Gull-billed Tern remained in County Cork, as did the Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, whilst two Greenish Warblers were located on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Icterine Warbler (Shetland), Hoopoe (Dorset), Wryneck (Warwickshire), Purple Heron (Norfolk), Spotted Crake (North Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Hampshire), Temminck's Stint (Kent), and three Barred Warblers. |
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| Saturday 22nd August 2020 | ||
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| Seawatching dominated the day with the standout bird being a Band-rumped Petrel
species that passed Pendeen Watch, Cornwall in the evening. Other seabirds today included
Wilson's Petrels logged from Cornwall (3), County Kerry, and at sea off the Isles of Scilly (12), two
Cory's Shearwaters, four Leach's Petrels, 10 Long-tailed
Skuas, 62 Sabine's Gulls, and a total of 73 Great Shearwaters. Rarities elsewhere were a Greenish Warbler new in Lothian at Barns Ness with others still in Fife and on the Shetland Isles, the Lammergeier still in Derbyshire, Black Duck in Highland, Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Gull-billed Tern in County Cork, Citrine Wagtail in Gwynedd, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and Spotted Sandpipers still in both Cornwall and County Down. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Icterine Warbler (Shetland), Common Rosefinch (Orkney Isles), Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), two each of Melodious Warbler, Purple Heron, Hoopoe, Spotted Crake, Pectoral Sandpiper and Glossy Ibis, three Wrynecks, four Barred Warblers, and 10 each of both Red-backed Shrike and Dotterel. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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