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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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| Thursday 4th May 2023 | ||
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Lingering rarites still present today included the Grey-headed Lapwing still in Northumberland, Stejneger's Scoter and White-winged Scoter together in Fife, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Hooded Merganser in Cumbria, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, White-billed Diver in Moray, and Bonaparte's Gulls in both Cornwall and Shetland. Rarities of European origin comprised Pallid Harriers in Highland at Balnakeil, Lothian at Aberlady Bay, and on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay, the Squacco Heron still in Cornwall, Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, Red-footed Falcon new in Kent at Stodmarsh, Black Kite in North Yorkshire, and Black-winged Stilts in Flintshire, Lincolnshire (2), and South Yorkshire (2). Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Isles of Scilly), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Golden Oriole and Honey Buzzard (Dorset), Wryneck (Shetland Isles), American Wigeon (Fife), Shorelark (East Yorkshire), Grey-headed Wagtail (Essex), two each of Pectoral Sandpiper, Surf Scoter, and Ring-necked Duck, three Night Herons, four Temminck's Stints, five of White-winged Black Tern and Glossy Ibis, eight Hoopoes, and a total of 12 migrant Dotterel. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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