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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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| Saturday 22nd April 2006 | ||
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| Although a busy day with the flood of migrants continuing – few new rarities were discovered, the best being a brief Black Kite near Sandwich, Kent and Woodchat Shrikes at both Porthgwarra, Cornwall and Pett Level, Sussex – the former briefly accompanied by a Bee-eater and the latter by a Cattle Egret! A showy Bluethroat at Staines Moor, Surrey proved predictably popular whilst a dapper Common Rosefinch at Portland Bill, Dorset gave most would-be observers the run around. | ||
| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 19th April 2006 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of another south coast
Subalpine Warbler; at Samphire Hoe Country Park, Kent. Elsewhere in
Kent an Alpine Swift was located at Margate in the evening whilst in
adjacent East Sussex an adult Laughing Gull flew past Birling Gap in the
morning. Other new rarities found today were a White-billed Diver in Bluemull Sound, Shetland and a Cattle Egret at Barton Stacey, Hampshire. The Bonaparte’s Gull showed well at Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire during the afternoon and the American Golden Plover remained at Cemlyn, Anglesey. Notable scarcities comprised two Kentish Plovers at Marazion, Cornwall, a Purple Heron briefly at Dawlish Warren, Devon and the obliging Golden Oriole at Coldwaltham Brooks, West Sussex. |
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| Monday 17th April 2006 | ||
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| The highlights of the day were the discovery of an American Golden Plover
at Cemlyn, Anglesey, a brief Laughing Gull at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset
in the morning and a Bonaparte’s Gull at Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire
in the evening. A Blue-winged Teal that arrived at St Mary’s
Island, Northumberland was presumably the bird present recently at Filey, North
Yorkshire. Today the bird showed well and was seen to be bear a metal ring on
it’s right leg; although – unless read - this has little bearing on the
perceived provenance of this bird. Alpine Swifts remained in Berkshire, Co Cork, Co Wicklow (3), Devon (2) and Wirral with a further bird at St Margaret’s at Cliffe, Kent briefly. The Black-winged Stilt remained on The Lizard, Cornwall as did the Franklin’s Gull at Northam Burrows, Devon and the Hooded Merganser on Unst, Shetland. The popular Western Subalpine Warbler at Stanpit Marsh, Dorset continued to perform and was briefly joined by an Ashy-headed Wagtail. |
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| Sunday 16th April 2006 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black-winged Stilt on
The Lizard, Cornwall; perhaps the bird seen earlier in the month in Devon. The
Alpine Swift present in Berkshire on 15th made an all to brief visit to
Buckinghamshire – thwarting many county listers. Another Alpine Swift was
found near Polperro, Cornwall in the evening and a Woodchat Shrike was at
Abbotsbury in Dorset. The Coues’s Arctic Redpoll showed again at Darlington, Co Durham whilst highlights amongst the long staying attractions included four White-billed Divers on Lewis, Western Isles, the Black Scoter at Llanfairfechan, Conwy, King Eider at Irvine, Ayrshire and Long-billed Dowitcher at Old Hall Marshes, Essex. |
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| Saturday 15th April 2006 | ||
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| The main talking point of the day was the appearance of a stunning male
Hooded Merganser on Unst, Shetland. Spring is prime time for the discovery
of Nearctic wildfowl and this individual certainly felt like it should be a
genuine vagrant. A Coues’s Arctic Redpoll was a good find at Darlington, Co Durham whilst a Laughing Gull at Southport, Merseyside briefly in the evening may have been the bird from nearby Marton Mere, Lancashire that temporarily went missing. Yet more Alpine Swifts were found; three at Bray, Co Wicklow and one over Maidenhead, Berkshire. Single Alpine Swifts at Hampstead Heath, London and Barnston, Wirral proved popular attractions whilst in Glamorgan the Bonaparte’s Gull showed again in Cardiff Bay and in Co Down the wintering Barrow’s Goldeneye remained in situ at Quoile Pondage. |
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| Friday 14th April 2006 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the appearance of a dapper Bonaparte’s Gull
at Cardiff Bay, Glamorgan. On the Western Isles birders watching two
White-billed Divers on Lewis at Skigersta located at least one Arctic
Redpoll in a nearby garden. The American Herring Gull remained in Galway, Co Galway as did the Laughing Gull in Cork, Co Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher on Hayle Estuary, Cornwall and the Black-winged Stilt at Thurlestone, Devon. |
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| Thursday 13th April 2006 | ||
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| The discovery of a White-billed Diver at Melvaig, Highland was not
wholly unexpected, given the recently discovered spring passage of White-billed
Divers off northwest Scotland. New Alpine Swifts were found at
Braunton, Wirral with two seen over Kilcoole, Co Wicklow. The male Blue-winged Teal remained at Filey, North Yorkshire, although proved elusive on occasion, whilst in Lincolnshire the Ashy-headed Wagtail was seen again at Covenham Reservoir. The pick of the scarce migrants was a singing Hoopoe at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire whilst many counties enjoyed arrivals of Ring Ouzels and Redstarts. |
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