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| Sunday 26th May 2024 | ||
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| The first Yellow-crowned Night Heron for Ireland, first seen several months ago by local residents, was at Belcarra, County Mayo, and was seen by visiting birders this evening. The first Green Warbler for Northumberland was found on Holy Island, and the second Crag Martin for Cornwall (following the first for Britain in 1988) was near St Ives.
A Little Bittern was also in Cornwall, at Kenidjack Valley, with other new discoveries including Rustic Buntings on Out Skerries and Foula, both Shetland, Blyth's Reed Warblers at Blakeney and Winterton, both Norfolk, a Red-rumped Swallow at Bockhill, Kent and a Red-footed Falcon at Swinister, Shetland. Lingering rarities still present included the Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warbler in Yorkshire, two Rustic Buntings and a Subalpine Warbler species in Shetland, two Red-footed Falcons in Kent and one in Cumbria, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Louth and American Black Tern in Northumberland. |
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Daily news summaries
Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.
Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Saturday 25th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included Red-rumped Swallows in Shetland at Loch of Brow, and Angelsey at Cemlyn Bay, Rustic Buntings in Shetland on both Fair Isle and Foula, Great Reed Warblers in Fife at Fife Ness, North Yorkshire at Wheldrake, and Shetland on Fair Isle, Black-winged Stilts in Essex at East Tilbury(2), and Norfolk at Snettisham, and a Subalpine Warbler in Shetland also on Fair Isle.
Lingering rarities included the Semipalmated Sandpiper in Western Isles, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Black Kite in Western Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Cumbria and three in Kent, Savi's Warblers in East Yorkshire, Red-rumped Swallows in Shetland and Anglesey, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, and Black-winged Stilt in Cambridgeshire. |
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| Friday 24th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Steinis, Western Isles, Spotted Redshank at Queen Mother Reservoir, Berks, Red-footed Falcon at Denver in Norfolk, and another Red-footed Falcon at Worth in Kent.
Lingering rarities included the Green Warbler in Shetland, Great Reed Warbler, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Black Kite in Western Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Cumbria and two in Kent, Savi's Warblers in Leicestershire and East Yorkshire, Red-rumped Swallow in Shetland, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Lesser Scaup in West Yorkshire, Least Tern in County Dublin, Lesser Yellowlegs and Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire and Rustic Bunting in Northumberland. |
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| Thursday 23rd May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Western Subalpine Warbler at North Foreland, Kent, Rustic Buntings at Newcastle, Northumberland and Sandness, Shetland, a Red-rumped Swallow at Toab, Shetland and Red-footed Falcons at Sandwich (two) and Langdon Cliffs, both Kent and at Raby, Cumbria.
Lingering rarities included the Green Warbler and Thrush Nightingale in Shetland, Great Reed Warbler and Red-footed Falcon in Cambridgeshire, Elegant Tern in County Mayo, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Black Kite in Western Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs and Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. |
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| Wednesday 22nd May 2024 | ||
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| Highlights today consisted of a Green Warbler in Shetland at Valyie, Unst, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Shetland on Fair Isle, Black Kite in Western Isles on Barra, Citrine Wagtail in Highland at Balnakeil, Eastern Subalpine Warbler and Thrush Nightingale in Shetland at Hillwell, and recent news of Indigo Bunting in Pembrokeshire.
Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Savi's Warbler on territory in East Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Red-footed Falcon in Cambridgeshire, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, and a further Thrush Nightingale in Shetland. |
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| Tuesday 21st May 2024 | ||
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| Mind-boggling news today of an Indian Golden Oriole in Northumberland on Holy Island where it was present all morning and early afternoon but, unfortunately, was lost from view before it was identified. The breeding range of this migratory species includes Central Asia with all birds wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and so is similar to other extreme rarities on the British List (Long-tailed Shrike and Sulphur-bellied Warbler) and European List (Pied Bush Chat and Hume's Whitethroat).
Discoveries elsewhere included a Thrush Nightingale on the Shetland Isles at Moarfield, a Great Reed Warbler in Essex at The Naze, the first Blyth's Reed Warbler of the year in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea, and in County Dublin the Least Tern returned to Portrane for at least a fourth summer. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pacific Diver in County Cork, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Savi's Warblers still on territory in Leicestershire and East Yorkshire, Great Reed Warbler and Red-footed Falcon in Cambridgeshire, Red-breasted Goose and Black-winged Stilt still together in Lincolnshire, and at least three Black Kites around west Cornwall. |
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| Monday 20th May 2024 | ||
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| Exceptional news today of a Booted Eagle photographed amidst a record breaking movement of immature Red Kites in Cornwall; a juvenile dark morph initially at St Just and then reported later over Morvah Quoit. This is the first Booted Eagle to be photographed here since the famous immature pale morph that was present in Ireland and then Britain between 7th February 1999 and 22nd June 2000 that is held in Category D of the British List. In the interim 24 years Booted Eagle has been suspected (but not accepted) in Britain on a further 31 occasions including confident claims in Devon (2001), Kent (2002, 2007, 2009, and 2014), Suffolk (2010 and 2021), Hampshire (2010), Lincolnshire (2013), West Sussex (2013), and Norfolk (2015).
Other rare raptors comprised a Pallid Harrier at Burton Fleming, Yorkshire, the lingering Red-footed Falcon at Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire, and at least four Black Kites in Cornwall with birds recorded at Polgigga (four), St Buryan (two), Land's End (two), Penzance, Hayle and Porthgwarra. Other new discoveries included a Black-winged Stilt at Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire and a Red-rumped Swallow on St Mary's, Scilly, whilst a Little Bittern was recorded flying over Tacumshin, County Wexford overnight. Lingering rarities included the Indigo Bunting in County Durham, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warblers in both Leicestershire and Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt and Red-breasted Goose together in Lincolnshire, and American Black Tern in Northumberland. |
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| Sunday 19th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Gull-billed Tern at Greylake RSPB, Somerset, a Black-winged Stilt and Red-footed Falcon at Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, Cambridgeshire, a Black Kite at Praa Sands, Cornwall and four Wilson's Petrels at sea off Cape Clear, County Cork.
Lingering rarities still present included the Indigo Bunting in County Durham, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warblers in Leicestershire and Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt and Red-breasted Goose in Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Red-footed Falcon in Kent and American Black Tern in Northumberland. |
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| Saturday 18th May 2024 | ||
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| Highlights today consisted of an Indigo Bunting in County Durham at Whitburn, Thrush Nightingale in Norfolk on Blakeney Point, Little Bittern in Shetland at Loch of Brow, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork at Harper's Island, Pallid Harrier near Scarborough in North Yorkshire.
Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Savi's Warbler on territory in Leicestershire, Cleveland, and East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose and Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Red-footed Falcon in Kent, Double-crested Cormorant in County Sligo, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, and American Black Tern in Northumberland. |
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| Friday 17th May 2024 | ||
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| Highlights today consisted of a Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire at Ouse Fen, Citrine Wagtail in Sussex at Lancing, White-billed Diver on Shetland at Bluemull Sound, Blue-winged Teal in Berkshire at Crookham Common, Subalpine Warbler sp in Devon on Lundy, and Thrush Nightingales in Shetland at both Hillwell and Cunningsburgh, and in Orkney on North Ronaldsay. Another notable feature of the day was a mass arrival of Red-backed Shrikes, mostly on Shetland and Orkney.
Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Savi's Warbler on territory in Leicestershire, Cleveland, and East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose and Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Great Reed Warbler in Nottinghamshire, and American Black Tern in Northumberland. |
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