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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 6th November 2020 | ||
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| The first Common Nighthawk for Kent was photographed over Burham Marsh mid afternoon, but it couldn't be relocated later. A Pied-billed Grebe was new for Cumbria at Walney Island, with other new discoveries including a Brown Shrike at Port Nis, Lewis, Western Isles, single Eastern Yellow Wagtails at Kelling, Norfolk and Prestwick Carr, Northumberland, a Richardson's Cackling Goose at Cadder, Clyde and a White-billed Diver at Quendale, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the two Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Suffolk, Hume's Warbler in Orkney, Red-flanked Bluetail in Scilly, Dusky Warbler and Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll and Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and County Waterford. Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Red-backed Shrike, a Common Rosefinch, two Little Buntings, two Richard's Pipits, two Shorelarks, two Waxwings, three Great Grey Shrikes, 15 Lapland Buntings, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teals, five Surf Scoters, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Snow Geese, two Black Brants, 17 Tundra Bean Geese, three Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, four Grey Phalaropes, four Glaucous Gulls and six Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 5th November 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised two Eastern Yellow Wagtails together in Suffolk at Walberswick, a Hume's Warbler
new in Kent at Dungeness, Red-flanked Bluetail on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's,
Arctic Redpoll on the Orkney Isles on Rousay, Long-billed Dowitcher still
in North Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Norfolk and County Waterford, and Dusky Warblers
in Cornwall, East Sussex, Kent, Scilly, and the Western Isles. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler and Richard's Pipit (Kent), Rose-coloured Starling and Green-winged Teal (Dorset), Hoopoe (Northamptonshire), Red-backed Shrike (Devon), Great Grey Shrike (Gloucestershire), American Wigeon (Scilly), Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire), Honey Buzzard and two Shorelarks (Northumberland), three Waxwings, five Lapland Buntings, and a total of eight Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 3rd November 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Hermit Thrush on Mizen Head, County
Cork that brings the autumn tally of Nearctic landbirds across Britain and Ireland to 26 individuals of 14 species. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Hume's Warbler identified on Tiree, Argyll (where it was first seen four days ago), a Semipalmated Sandpiper new in County Clare at Islandavanna, Lesser Scaup still in Somerset, Dusky Warblers still in both Norfolk and West Sussex, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, County Waterford and North Yorkshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Night Heron (Herefordshire), Red-backed Shrike (Orkney Isles), Great Grey Shrike (Shetland Isles), Shorelark (Norfolk), Long-tailed Skua (Cornwall), two each of Richard's Pipit, Surf Scoter and Ring-necked Duck, three Waxwings, 13 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 15 Lapland Buntings. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 31st October 2020 | ||
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| An Upland Sandpiper visited Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire briefly this morning, but couldn't be relocated.
Other new discoveries included a Fea's or Desertas Petrel past Mousehole and a Dusky Warbler at Nanquidno, both Cornwall and single Bonaparte's Gulls at Kildavin, County Carlow and on the Gann Estuary, Pembrokeshire. Lingering rarities included two Penduline Tits in Hampshire, Dusky Warblers in Norfolk, Sussex and Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Scilly and Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Yorkshire and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Short-toed Lark, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Waxwing, a Little Bunting, three Lapland Buntings, three Great Grey Shrikes, five Glossy Ibises, two American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, 35 Tundra Bean Geese, five Leach's Petrels, 24 Grey Phalaropes, eight Little Auks, 12 Pomarine Skuas, a Balearic Shearwater, two Sabine's Gulls, two Iceland Gulls and three Glaucous Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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