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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 2nd October 2020 | ||
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| The third Eyebrowed Thrush for North Ronaldsay and Orkney was discovered this morning, and lingered until late afternoon at least. Great Snipes were flushed at Sandilands, Lincolnshire and Spurn Point, Yorkshire.
New discoveries in Shetland today included a Lanceolated Warbler at Sumburgh Head, a Booted Warbler on Fair Isle, Olive-backed Pipits at Spiggie and West Burrafirth, a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Ellister, a Radde's Warbler at Rerwick and a White-billed Diver at Hestingott, with Tennessee Warbler, White's Thrush, two Pallas's Grasshopper Warblers, another Radde's Warbler and Rusting Bunting all lingering in the archipelago. Elsewhere, other new arrivals included another Blyth's Reed Warbler at St Margaret's Hope, Orkney, a Kentish Plover at Ferrybridge, Dorset and a Red-throated Pipit heard at Land's End, Cornwall. Other lingering rarities included the Siberian Thrush in Fife, White's Thrush in Orkney, Two-barred Greenish Warbler in Northumberland, Upland Sandpiper in County Galway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset and Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset and four Blue-winged Teals in Western Isles. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 30th September 2020 | ||
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The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Siberian Thrush in Fife at Kilminning. Elsewhere discoveries included an Upland Sandpiper in County Galway on Inishbofin, Booted Warbler on the Western Isles on North Uist, and a Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire at Easington. On the Shetland Isles the Tennessee Warbler remained on Yell, Shetland albeit only seen briefly, Hornemmann's Arctic Redpoll on Unst, Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Olive-backed Pipit on Mainland, and two Citrine Wagtails. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Two-barred Greenish Warbler in Northumberland, Swainson's Thrush on the Orkney Isles, Wilson's Phalarope in Lancashire, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Cumbria and Dorset, Black Duck in Highland, King Eider in Moray, and in County Wexford Arctic Warbler, Red-throated Pipit and Long-billed Dowitcher. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 28th September 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Black-browed Albatross in Suffolk; first suspected passing south at Lowestoft it was later tracked along the coast to Thorpeness. Meanwhile, the wandering
Lammergeier relocated to Norfolk where it spent two hours between Foxley and Beetley. New rarities elsewhere comprised in East Yorkshire a Red-flanked Bluetail at Spurn and an Arctic Warbler at Flamborough, in Norfolk a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Holme and a Greenish Warbler at Winterton, on the Isles of Scilly a Red-throated Pipit on St Mary's, and on the Shetland Isles a Red-throated Pipit on Mainland at Quendale, a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Whalsay, an Olive-backed Pipit on Fair Isle, and a Blyth's Reed Warbler on Unst. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pallid Harrier and Kentish Plover in West Sussex, Eastern Stonechat in Cleveland, Red-throated Pipit in East Yorkshire, Olive-backed Pipit on Shetland at Asta, two Semipalmated Sandpipers in Cornwall, Blue-winged Teal and Lesser Yellowlegs on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in both County Londonderry and County Wicklow, and in County Wexford both Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs together and - more significantly - the Greenish Warbler at Churchtown was reidentified as an Arctic Warbler. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Shetland), Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Spotted Crake (Somerset), Great Shearwater (East Yorkshire), three each of Buff-breasted Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Common Rosefinch, Glossy Ibis and Long-tailed Skua, four Sabine's Gulls, five of Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck, six Little Buntings, eight Red-breasted Flycatchers, 10 Barred Warblers, and a total of 12 Pectoral Sandpipers. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 25th September 2020 | ||
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| A Black-browed Albatross was seen off Holy Island, Northumberland, on the sea for 20 minutes early evening before flying off north. Other new discoveries included a Long-billed Dowitcher and Black Kite at Tacumshin, County Wexford, a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Fair Isle, Shetland, a Kentish Plover on Hayling Island, Hampshire and an Alpine Swift at South Gare, Cleveland.
Lingering rarities included the Rustic Bunting in Shetland, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria and County Derry, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Cornwall and Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford. Seawatching produced two Cory's Shearwaters, 12 Grey Phalaropes, 12 Leach's Petrels, 25 Sabine's Gulls, 25 Long-tailed Skuas, 37 Pomarine Skuas and 44 Balearic Shearwaters, as well as exceptional numbers of Sooty Shearwaters on the east coast, with high counts of 814 past Flamborough, 786 past Cullernose Point, 529 past Howick and 503 past the Isle of May. Other scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Bluethroat, a Hoopoe, a Common Rosefinch, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Barred Warblers, six Wrynecks, 47 Lapland Buntings, a Spotted Crake, a Corncrake, an American Golden Plover, a Red-necked Phalarope, two Dotterel, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 12 Pectoral Sandpipers, four Glossy Ibises, two Iceland Gulls and a Roseate Tern. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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