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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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| Monday 25th June 2007 | ||
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| Today's rarity hotspot was west Norfolk, with the Alpine Swift first
seen last night at Titchwell being re-found at Hunstanton in the morning. It had
roosted on the cliffs there last night and showed well around the lighthouse
both in the morning and again in the evening, where it has hopefully gone to
roost again. Nearby the Little Bittern again put in an erratic
performance at Titchwell, but it did show very well in the early morning. Also
in west Norfolk an adult White-winged Black Tern was a new find at Welney
Wildfowl Reserve.
A female American Wigeon was found at Porthmadog in Gwynedd, three drake Surf Scoters were off Murcar in Aberdeenshire, and in Staffordshire the moulting drake Ring-necked Duck was still at Blithfield Reservoir. In the south west, numbers of both Balearic Shearwaters and Storm Petrels were seen at scattered localities around the coast. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Friday 22nd June 2007 | ||
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| The most significant new rarity found today was a male Black-headed
Bunting which was seen briefly in a garden in Exeter, Devon, but
unfortunately it was not seen after midday. At the other end of the country, a
female Subalpine Warbler was on the Isle of May in Fife, after having
first been found yesterday. On the Outer Hebrides, the Bonaparte's Gull
was again on South Uist, in Lancashire the long-staying Glossy Ibis was
still to be found near Freckleton, whilst in Gloucestershire the Marbled Duck
was again at Saul Warth. In Dorset two Serins were seen briefly at
Portland Bill.
A new Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Ballycotton in County Cork is presumably a herald of autumn wader passage, a fact born out in other parts of the country by a sprinkling of waders such as Green Sandpipers and Spotted Redshanks on local patches. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 20th June 2007 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Whiskered Tern at Siddick Pond, Cumbria mid afternoon. This bird remained until dusk unlike the
Hudsonian Whimbrel on nearby Walney Island which, following an early morning sighting, could not be relocated. The singing male Little Bittern remained elusive at Titchwell, Norfolk as did the Great Reed Warbler at Lydd, Kent. The Little Crake continued to be seen on Unst, Shetland Isles and the Bonaparte's Gull showed again on South Uist, Western Isles. Late news was received of a male Harlequin Duck seen at St Kilda, Western Isles on Monday; the first breeding plumage male to been seen in the British Isles since 1965. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 19th June 2007 | ||
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| The two most notable discoveries today were both North American gulls on the Western Isles; a
Bonaparte's Gull on South Uist and and an American Herring Gull on Benbecula. In Devon an
Alpine Swift was seen over Dartmoor in the early afternoon. In Norfolk the Little Bittern remained at Titchwell where, although elusive, it showed well several times during the day. In Cumbria the Hudsonian Whimbrel was seen again on Walney Island and in adjacent Lancashire the Glossy Ibis remained at Newton Marsh. In Kent the Great Reed Warbler continued to sing near Lydd whilst in Dorset a Red-breasted Flycatcher on Portland was another notable south coast passerine. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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