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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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| Wednesday 5th May 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Broad-billed Sandpiper in Suffolk on the Alde Estuary, with a
Black Kite seen briefly nearby at Minsmere Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black Kite in Aberdeenshire, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Whiskered Tern in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Worcestershire, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, and Bonaparte's Gulls in both Highland and Worcestershire. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Essex), Golden Oriole (East Yorkshire), Little Bunting (Shetland Isles), Hoopoe (Buckinghamshire), Night Heron (Herefordshire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Green-winged Teal (Angus), two each of both Wryneck and Temminck's Stint, five Glossy Ibises, and five migrant Dotterel. Significant late news concerned a Blue-winged Teal present yesterday at Walmsley Sanctuary, Cornwall. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 4th May 2021 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea, and
Black Kites in both Aberdeenshire at Collieston, and Norfolk at Bawsey. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Gull-billed Tern in County Donegal, Whiskered Tern in Dorset, Eastern Subalpine Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in Lothian, Lesser Yellowlegs in Worcestershire, Kentish Plover in Suffolk, White-billed Diver in Moray, Marbled Duck in London, and singles Bonaparte's Gulls in each of Glamorgan, Highland, and Worcestershire. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Essex), Golden Oriole (East Sussex), Purple Heron (Isles of Scilly), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Green-winged Teal (Angus), Shorelark and Grey-headed Wagtail (Norfolk), two each of Hoopoe, Wryneck, and Temminck's Stint, and five migrant Dotterel. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 3rd May 2021 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Hooded Merganser at Loch of Kinnordy RSPB, Angus, a Pallid Harrier over Waxham, Norfolk, a Kentish Plover at Iken, Suffolk, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Clifton, Worcestershire, single Red-throated Pipits over Sidestrand, Norfolk and Kenidjack, Cornwall and a Red-rumped Swallow at New Hythe, Kent.
Lingering rarities included the Black Stork on the Isle of Wight, Whiskered Tern in Dorset, Bonaparte's Gulls in Worcestershire and Highland, Eastern Subalpine Warbler, Rustic Bunting and three White-billed Divers in Shetland (with two of the latter still in Moray) and Black Kite in Suffolk. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 2nd May 2021 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Shetland, a Whiskered Tern at Abbotsbury, Dorset, a Black Stork at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, a King Eider off Burghead, Moray, a Black Kite over Leziate, Norfolk and White-billed Divers off Port Nis, Lewis, Western Isles (four) and off Lamba Ness, Unst, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gulls in Glamorgan (two), Worcestershire and Highland, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, Red-throated Pipit in Scilly, Black Kite in Suffolk, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and three White-billed Divers in both Moray and Shetland. |
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| Friday 30th April 2021 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Red-throated Pipit on St Mary's and a Pallid Harrier on several islands in Isles of Scilly, a Black Stork over Bishop's Dyke, Hampshire, Black Kites over Loughrigg Fell, Cumbria and North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, and two Black-winged Stilts at both Elmley NNR, Kent and Lodmoor RSPB, Dorset.
Lingering rarities still present included the Double-crested Cormorant and Franklin's Gull in County Kerry, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gulls in Worcestershire and Glamorgan and two White-billed Divers in Moray and one in Orkney. |
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| Wednesday 28th April 2021 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today comprised a Franklin's Gull in County Kerry at Black
Rock Strand, a Olive-backed Pipit in Cornwall at Kenidjack, a Citrine Wagtail
briefly in Somerset at Weston, and a flyby Whiskered Tern in Dorset at West Bay. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Eastern Subalpine Warbler on the Shetland Isles, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Glamorgan (2) and Worcestershire, two White-billed Divers together in Aberdeenshire, and the Marbled Duck in London. Scarcities included Little Bunting (East Sussex), Sabine's Gull (Cumbria), Hoopoe and Black Brant (Highland), Dotterel (Lincolnshire), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall), and two each of Purple Heron, Wryneck, and Glossy Ibis. Significant late news concerned a Gull-billed Tern present yesterday in County Donegal at Carrickfinn. |
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| Tuesday 27th April 2021 | ||
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| Today rarities and scarcities from the near-continent included both Eastern Subalpine Warbler
and Purple Heron in Cornwall, Black-winged Stilt, Night
Heron, and Hoopoe in Devon, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff still in Suffolk,
Woodchat Shrike, Purple Heron, Wryneck, and two Golden Orioles all on the Isles of Scilly,
Golden Oriole and Hoopoe on the Isle of Wight, Purple Heron and Serin in Norfolk,
Purple Heron in Herefordshire, Hoopoe in Buckinghamshire, Wryneck in Dorset, and
single Glossy Ibises in both Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire. Otherwise rarities comprised a Bonaparte's Gull discovered in Worcestershire at Upton Warren, the Black Scoter in Northumberland again, Dusky Warbler still in Norfolk, single Little Buntings in both Surrey and the Shetland Isles, and in Scotland five White-billed Divers logged across three counties. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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