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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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| Tuesday 5th December 2006 | ||
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| With sustained strong winds the wreck of Leach's Petrels continued with
reports from eighteen counties including 100 at Black Rock Sands, Gwynedd, 56 at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, 50 off Chesil Cove, Dorset,
twelve at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire and eleven off Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Associated arrivals included
Sabine's Gulls in both Dorset and Hamphire, an unseasonal Roseate
Tern in Co Dublin and Long-tailed Skua and 67 Balearic Shearwaters passing St Ives Island, Cornwall. Other than the wintering Barrow's Goldeneye in Co Down and Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway all other rarity reports came from southwest England where the Falcated Duck and Cattle Egret remained in Devon and the Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 4th December 2006 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the widespread influx of Leach's Petrels with birds reported in twenty counties from Co Cork to Aberdeenshire, Co Fermanagh, Essex and North Yorkshire. The peak count was of 102 in Galway Bay, Co Galway with other highs of 93 at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, 47 off Heysham, Lancashire and 36 over the Severn Estuary at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. Otherwise, lingering rarities included the Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Cattle Egret in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Co Dublin, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk and Great White Egret in Hampshire. The first-winter male Falcated Duck remained at Bowling Green Marsh, Devon as did the Red-breasted Goose at Arne, Dorset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 29th November 2006 | ||
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| The only potential new rarities today were a very late Alpine Swift
reported over Kenfig NR in Glamorgan and a belated report of a White-tailed
Eagle yesterday at Hickling in Norfolk. Otherwise, the day was very quiet,
with the pick of the long-staying rarities being the drake Barrow's Goldeneye
in Forth, the first winter drake Falcated Duck in Devon, the Snowy Owl
on Lewis and Lesser Scaups in County Dublin and Dumfries and
Galloway.
The Long-billed Dowitcher was again on the Alaw Estuary in Anglesey and the unseasonal Dotterel was reported again at Cley in Norfolk. A notable number of Great Northern Divers were at inland waters. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 28th November 2006 | ||
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| Two new American waders were discovered today with a Long-billed Dowitcher on
the Alaw Estuary, Anglesey and a Lesser Yellowlegs on South Uist, Western Isles. The juvenile
Black-eared Kite was reported again briefly; this time in Norfolk at Snettisham. Otherwise wildfowl led the way with the reappearance of the first-winter male Falcated Duck on Exe Estuary, Devon notable as was the continued presence of both Barrow's Goldeneyes in Forth and Co Down, Black Scoter in Conwy, Bufflehead on Shetland and Lesser Scaups in Dumfries and Galloway, Western Isles and Co Dublin. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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