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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 5th August 2007 | ||
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| The highlights of the day were the relocation of both the Oxfordshire Marsh Sandpiper
(now at Farmoor Reservoir) and the Ceredigion Gull-billed Tern (see at Ynyslas) along with the reappearance of the
Hudsonian Whimbrel on Walney Island, Cumbria. Otherwise, a White-winged Black Tern was discovered at East Chevington, Northumberland in the evening and brief encounters included Wilson's Petrels off the Isles of Scilly, Pembrokeshire and Co Clare, an Alpine Swift in Flintshire and both Red-footed Falcon and Black Kite in Kent. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present included the Black Kite in Lincolnshire, Laughing Gull in Devon, Squacco Heron in Co Derry, Spotted Sandpiper in Co Clare, Bonaparte's Gull on Western Isles, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside and the Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 4th August 2007 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a juvenile Marsh Sandpiper at Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The bird frequented a flooded field from late morning until late in the evening and constituted the first county record. In Co Clare a wader-double was formed by a
Spotted Sandpiper at Doonbeg complementing the Long-billed Dowitcher at Shannon Airport. The Black Stork remained on the Alaw Estuary, Anglesey whilst other popular long-staying rarities included the Glossy Ibis at Marshside Merseyside and Black Kite at Nocton Heath Lincolnshire; a further Black Kite was reported briefly at three locations in Kent. Elsewhere, the Squacco Heron remained at Lough Beg, Co Derry as did the Bonaparte's Gull at South Uist, Western Isles and the Laughing Gull was seen again on the Exe Estuay, Devon. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 2nd August 2007 | ||
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| The major talking point of the day was the identification of an elusive warbler in the Chinatown district of Manchester city centre, Greater Manchester. Believed in the field to be either an
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler or Sykes's Warbler it is hoped that the true identification can be ascertained from photographs. Another identification headache remained in Glamorgan in the form of the reported
Redhead still present at Kenfig Pool. Three Black Kites comprised the long-staying individual at Nocton Heath, Lincolnshire and singles seen in flight at South Gare, Cleveland and Paignton, Devon. Otherwise, the Black Stork remained on the Alaw Estuary, Anglesey as did the Long-billed Dowitcher at Shannon Airport Lagoon, Co Clare. Five Kentish Plovers were found, one at Kenfig, Glamorgan and four together at Ferrybridge, Dorset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 31st July 2007 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Black Stork on the Alaw Estuary, Anglesey. Discovered in the early morning, the bird remained on show until dusk to the delight of many. Perhaps the same
Black Stork had been seen on Thursday in Wiltshire and on Sunday near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Elsewhere, a White-rumped Sandpiper briefly joined a Pectoral Sandpiper at Thorganby Ings, North Yorkshire, a Wilson's Petrel showed from an evening pelagic off the Isles of Scilly and four Glossy Ibises were seen in flight over Southport, Merseyside. The Roller was seen again briefly at Usk Reservoir, Carmarthenshire and the White-rumped Sandpiper reappeared on the Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire whilst more obliging lingering rarities included the Black Kite in Lincolnshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cumbria and Bonaparte's Gull on the Western Isles. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 29th July 2007 | ||
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| This evening's pelagic from the Isles of Scilly did not visit the same area
that produced last night's Madeiran Petrel, and, although a Wilson's Petrel was
seen, many will wonder if tomorrow's trip will find the Madeiran again, as it is
due to visit the same area. Also on a negative note there was no sign of
yesterday's reported Eleonora's Falcon in Northamptonshire and a Roller
seen early in the morning at Usk Reservoir in Carmarthenshire could not be found
later in the day. An Alpine Swift over Lodmoor in Dorset in the afternoon
was equally un-obliging. More obliging were new White-rumped Sandpipers
found at the Ythan Estuary in Aberdeenshire and Anthorn in Cumbria.
A probable first summer male Red-footed Falcon flew over Titchfield Haven in Hampshire with another bird still present on the Isle of Wight. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was a popular find at Patrington in Yorkshire, while a Woodchat Shrike also remained popular in Somerset. A Great White Egret was found on the Esk Estuary in Cumbria, but it did not stay long. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Friday 27th July 2007 | ||
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| A sighting of a probable Chimney Swift over Conwy RSPB, Conwy this
morning, followed hot on the heels of the lingering individual in York -
unfortunately the North Wales bird did not hang around. Elsewhere in the
Northwest the adult Lesser Yellowlegs remained at Leighton Moss RSPB,
Lancashire, the Glossy Ibis was still at Marshside RSPB, Merseyside and
the Hudsonian Whimbrel was seen again on Walney Island, Cumbria.
On Orkney a Buff-breasted Sandpiper was on North Ronaldsay, and nearby, the summering Lesser Grey Shrike was still on Fair Isle, Shetland. On the Western Isles the Bonaparte's Gull was on South Uist. A Great White Egret briefly graced the Middlebere area of Poole Harbour, Dorset, and in Kent the adult female Ferruginous Duck returned to New Hythe Gravel Pits. In Cornwall a Rose-coloured Starling was mobile in the Land's End complex and in Lincolnshire the Black Kite remained at Nocton Fen. An evening pelagic off the Isles of Scilly produced three Wilson's Petrels, Great Shearwater and a couple of Sabine's Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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