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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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| Sunday 11th June 2006 | ||
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| A Marsh Sandpiper at Coldharbour Lagoon, Kent was today's star bird,
but flew west soon after it was found. Other new rarities included a Great
Reed Warbler at Loch of Kinnordy, Angus, which was possibly the same bird that was at
Forfar Loch in mid May. The first Wilson's Petrels of the Scilly pelagic
season were seen, with three in the evening about 6 miles south of St.Mary's. A Gull-billed
Tern flew past Goring in West Sussex before heading inland over Worthing,
whilst at the other end of the country, a Red-rumped Swallow was reported
at Mey Village east of Thurso in Highland. Spurn Point, in East Yorkshire, had a
memorable day with a Bee-eater present for a short while in the morning,
a male Red-footed Falcon through in the evening, a probable Pallid Swift
through with over 4,500 Common Swifts during the day, and 2 Spoonbills
over in the early afternoon. Nearby the mobile Great White Egret
reappeared at Hornsea Mere.
In Bedfordshire the splendid first-summer male Red-footed Falcon continued to perform at Marston Vale Millennium County Park but was often distant whilst hawking with Hobbies in the glorious summer sky. In Lincolnshire the Lesser Yellowlegs remained at Gibraltar Point. On Anglesey the controversial tern, now thought by many to be a hybrid or an aberrant Sandwich Tern, remained at Cemlyn Lagoon, but was a little less obliging. A Pectoral Sandpiper was found in Cleveland, an unseasonal Black Redstart was at Blakeney Point in Norfolk and one or two Black Terns were still around. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 7th June 2006 | ||
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| Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Lesser Yellowlegs at Freiston Shore, Lincolnshire where the bird was on show for the majority of the day before departing to the south. In Borders three
Bee-eaters flew over near Reston. The best of the rest comprised a showy male Red-backed Shrike at Titchwell, Norfolk and lingering Purple Herons at College Reservoir, Cornwall and Walberswick, Suffolk. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 6th June 2006 | ||
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| A good day for fresh discoveries with the highlight being a Pacific Golden Plover that spent much of the afternoon at Hickling Broad, Norfolk before departing to the southwest. In Scotland an adult
Laughing Gull was located on North Uist, Western Isles with a Subalpine Warbler
on Fair Isle, Shetland whilst in Northern Ireland an adult White-winged Black Tern at Belfast Lough, Co Down in the evening. Mobile rarities included a Black Stork seen flying over Margate late in the afternoon and Gazeley, Suffolk late in the evening. A Black Kite over Polzeath, Cornwall occurred amid a mass arrival of Red Kites into west Cornwall including at least eighteen in the vicinity of Land's End. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 5th June 2006 | ||
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| The prize find today was an adult Whiskered Tern at Loch of Skene, Aberdeenshire. Found late afternoon the bird showed well before departing southwards mid evening. Meanwhile, on Anglesey, the tern - widely believed to be a Cayenne Tern - continued to incubate eggs at Cemlyn Lagoon. A singing Short-toed Lark made a brief appearance at Tacumshin, Co Wexford where the Night Heron remains. Elsewhere, a widespread scattering of Black Terns were noted along with typical late spring migrants such as Red-backed Shrikes and Temminck's Stints. |
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| Sunday 4th June 2006 | ||
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| At Cemlyn Lagoon, Anglesey the adult unidentified tern first seen yesterday was present again today and appears to be paired to a Sandwich Tern and incubating eggs in the colony. Although not identified for certain it seems to closely resemble the tropical American
eurygnatha form of Sandwich Tern; Cayenne Tern. If this bird is a
Cayenne Tern it would represent the first record for both the British Isles and the Western Palearctic but proving the identity
beyond all doubt may prove difficult. The Western Subalpine Warbler remained on the Farne Islands, Northumberland where the ring number proved it to be the same individual as that present at Spurn, East Yorkshire on Friday - an overnight movement of around 150 miles north northwest. A Woodchat Shrike showed well at Metton, Norfolk in the evening whilst brief rarities included male Red-footed Falcons reported at both Holt Heath, Dorset and Farlington Marshes, Black Kites over Hawkcombe Head, Somerset and Cubbington, Warwickshire and Bee-eaters at Sancreed, Cornwall (2) and Dunwich, Suffolk. |
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| Friday 2nd June 2006 | ||
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| The cooler north and westerly weather systems of late finally gave way across
much of the country to warm, calmer conditions, and the star attraction of the
day was a bird from the south-east, a male Black-headed Bunting found on
Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, in the morning, which showed well throughout the day.
This site is currently enjoying a purple patch with other birds on the island
during the day including a Hoopoe, a Serin and a Golden Oriole. Elsewhere, a Western Subalpine Warbler was ringed at Spurn, East Yorkshire. In Co. Wexford, the possible Citrine Wagtail
of yesterday at
Tacumshin was confirmed as such today, and the
1st-summer Night Heron remained at the same site. Portland in Dorset had
another great day with Bee-eater, male Red-backed Shrike,
Hoopoe and Serin all recorded, though not all were obliging. A flock of
five Bee-eaters was seen at Hoveton in Norfolk early in the afternoon and
later a flock of 6 to 8 birds lingered for a while nearby at Caister-on-Sea.
Of the lingering rarities, the Spotted Sandpiper remained a popular attraction at Minsmere in Suffolk, the Bonaparte's Gull was still at Blennerville in County Kerry, the Iberian Chiffchaff continued to hold territory on Dartmoor, Devon, and on Shetland, the Savi's Warbler remained at Skaw on Unst. A male Red-backed Shrike was new at Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, and a Hoopoe was found at Dersingham Bog in Norfolk. In Cornwall a Purple Heron flew over Wadebridge, with another still lingering at College Reservoir and a Golden Oriole was at Bosistow Farm near Land's End. On Fair Isle, Shetland, the long-staying Short-toed Lark was still present along with a female Red-backed Shrike. Most bizarre record of the day was on The Scillies where a Hoopoe was seen from a pelagic 3 miles south-west of Bishop Rock, flying towards St.Agnes! Also today, a belated report of a probable Gull-billed Tern feeding in fields near Lamorna, Cornwall on 31st May. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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