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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 15th May 2007 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the news of the return of the territorial Scops Owl to Thrupp, Oxfordshire. First heard singing by local residents last Saturday it was confirmed by birders today, and it will hopefully remain there until at least late June. Elsewhere, a male Subalpine Warbler
was a new discovery at Sennen, Cornwall. In East Yorkshire the Bee-eater remained overnight at Aldbrough with other lingering rarities including the Squacco Heron on the Isles of Scilly, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co Down and both Killdeer and Great White Egret on the Shetland Isles. In East Anglia, Norfolk continued to host the Bonaparte's Gull, a Black Kite and the singing male Iberian Chiffchaff whilst in Suffolk another potential Iberian Chiffchaff was singing at Lavenham - having already been present there for several weeks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 14th May 2007 | ||
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| Highlights today included a Killdeer at Exnaboe, Shetland Isles, a Snowy Owl
on North Uist, Western Isles, a Ferruginous Duck at Staines Reservoir, Surrey, a
Woodchat Shrike at Sheringham, Norfolk and a showy Bee-eater at East Newton, East Yorkshire. The Squacco Heron remained on the Isles of Scilly as did the Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co Down, Laughing Gull in Devon, two Glossy Ibises in Gloucestershire and both Iberian Chiffchaff and Bonaparte's Gull in Norfolk. Inland English counties witnessed a considerable arrival off passage waders including Sanderling and Turnstone at many sites, whilst coastal sites in Yorkshire recorded a substantial fall of migrant passerines. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 13th May 2007 | ||
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| Shetland and Scilly once again stole the limelight for new rarities today
with a Thrush Nightingale found on Fair Isle, Shetland, and a Squacco
Heron found at Porth Hellick Pool, St.Mary's, on the Scillies. Both birds
were found quite late in the day. Norfolk also produced some good birds with an Alpine
Swift found at Cromer in the morning, while, at much the same time, there
was a Red-rumped Swallow at nearby West Runton. Both birds disappeared in
mid morning, but the swift reappeared at Cromer only to vanish again before
being relocated at Sheringham in the afternoon. A Purple Heron was at
Kelling Quags in the afternoon and the Bonaparte's Gull was again at
Hickling Broad, with Bee-eaters at Stiffkey and at Gateley, near Fakenham.
In the south-east a Bee-eater flew over Bockhill Farm, in Kent and a Caspian
Tern was reported in London at the London Wetlands Centre, Barnes.
The White-throated Sparrow was seen again briefly early in the morning in Southampton, the Laughing Gull remained in Devon and the Iberian Chiffchaff and two Black Kites were all to be found in Norfolk. A Red-breasted Flycatcher was on North Ronaldsay in the Orkneys and an Icterine Warbler was on Fair Isle in the Shetlands, but there was no sign of yesterdays Calandra Lark on Unst. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 9th May 2007 | ||
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| Once again the Black-browed Albatross at Sula Sgeir, Western Isles stole the limelight by putting on a superb show for those aboard the RBA Albatross Twitch. Initially located following the boat early in the morning it was then watched for nearly an hour both in flight and resting on sea. A Semipalmated Sandpiper was a new discovery at Belfast Lough, Co Down whilst single Glossy Ibis at Dungeness, Kent and Marshside, Merseyside were presumably relocating birds seen elsewhere in the country in recent weeks. The Spotted Sandpiper remained at Blackditch, Co Wicklow and a Bee-eater was seen again near Dalhavaig, Highland. News broke that the Snowy Owl was still on St Kilda, Western Isles yesterday. Long-staying rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff in Norfolk, King Eider in Moray and three Glossy Ibises and Marbled Duck in Gloucestershire whilst the Wilson's Phalarope remained in Cambridgeshire as did Bonaparte's Gulls in Oxfordshire and Co Wexford and the probable Balearic Woodchat Shrike was still in Cornwall. |
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| Tuesday 8th May 2007 | ||
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| The undoubted highlight of the day was the confirmation that the Black-browed Albatross has returned to the Gannetry on Sula Sgeir, Western Isles. The bird was seen well by more than fifty keen birders on the first of three RBA Albatross Twitches this week. Other discoveries today included a Spotted Sandpiper at Blackditch, Co Wicklow, a Great White Egret at Brow Marsh, Shetland Isles and a brief Black Kite near Coldstream, Borders. The Wilson's Phalarope remained in Cambridgeshire as did the Bonaparte's Gull in Oxfordshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in Norfolk, Eastern Subalpine Warbler on Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs in Co Cork and three Glossy Ibises and the Marbled Duck in Gloucestershire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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