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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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| Friday 24th August 2007 | ||
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| North Norfolk was the centre of attention today with thirteen Greenish Warblers
recorded between Holme and Sea Palling alongside a supporting cast of six Red-backed
Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, three Wrynecks and singles of
Icterine Warbler, Spotted Crake and Red-necked Phalarope. Elsewhere, associated arrivals included single
Greenish Warblers in both Suffolk and Kent as well as a further thirteen
Wrynecks, four Red-backed Shrikes and a Hoopoe. Other fresh discoveries included a Wilson's Phalarope at Willen Lake, Buckinghamshire (suspected to be the individual present recently in both Co Durham and North Yorkshire), an American Golden Plover at Cromane Co Kerry, White-winged Black Tern at Abberton Reservoir Essex, Great White Egret at Lodmoor Dorset and - in pride of place - a Fea's Petrel seen this evening from the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles. The Black Stork showed again on Anglesey as did the Great White Egret in Wiltshire, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, Long-billed Dowitcher in Co Clare, two Wilson’s Petrels off the Isles of Scilly, single White-rumped Sandpipers in both Aberdeenshire and Dorset and Ferruginous Ducks in East Yorkshire and Somerset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 23rd August 2007 | ||
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| The best bird of the day was on Shetland where a juvenile Pallid Harrier
was found in the Loch of Spiggie area of Mainland. Elsewhere the east coast
continued to host migrants from Scandinavia with Greenish Warblers in
Norfolk at Blakeney, Holkham and Weybourne, along with four Red-backed
Shrikes and two Wrynecks in Norfolk, and two Red-backed Shrikes in
Lincolnshire. A Great White Egret was found at the Cotswold Water Park in
Wiltshire and in East Yorkshire a Ferruginous Duck was confirmed at
Hornsea Mere after poor views yesterday evening.
In Dorset the White-rumped Sandpiper remained in Poole Harbour and White-winged Black Terns could still be found at Dungeness in Kent and Minsmere in Suffolk. Red-necked Phalaropes were at Keyhaven Marshes in Hampshire and Cantley Beet Factory in Norfolk. Seawatching along the east coast produced a smattering of Sabine's Gulls and Long-tailed Skuas. A belated report came of a Black Stork over Calne in Wiltshire on 13th August. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 19th August 2007 | ||
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| Another Little Shearwater report made the headlines, this time passing North Ronaldsay, Orkney during the morning. In Norfolk a
Marbled Duck was a new arrival at Cantley whilst in Northamptonshire an Alpine Swift appeared briefly over Clifford Hill and off the Isles of Scilly three
Wilson's Petrels were recorded on a pelagic trip. Rare waders were headlined by the Wilson's Phalarope present in the morning only at Catterick, North Yorkshire and supported by the Hudsonian Whimbrel still at South Walney, Cumbria, White-rumped Sandpipers at both Breydon Water, Norfolk and Tankerness, Orkney and the Long-billed Dowitcher - accompanied by a Bonaparte's Gull - at Shannon Airport, Co Clare. Other long-staying rarities included the Squacco Heron in Cambridgeshire, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, Black Kite in Lincolnshire, White-winged Black Tern in Essex, Great White Egret in West Yorkshire and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. |
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| Saturday 18th August 2007 | ||
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| The main news today was another east coast sighting of an Onychoprion tern - either a
Sooty Tern or a Bridled Tern - this time in Lothian. First seen from Dunbar it was later noted from Barns Ness. Seawatching news from elsewhere was dominated by up to six
Wilson's Petrels seen from a pelagic off the Isles of Scilly. A White-rumped Sandpiper was a fresh discovery on Canvey Island, Essex whilst the Wilson's Phalarope relocated overnight from Bishop Middleham, Co Durham to Catterick, North Yorkshire. Long-staying rarities confirmed as still present included the Black Stork on Anglesey, Squacco Heron in Lincolnshire, Black Kite in Lincolnshire, White-winged Black Tern in Essex, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, Great White Egret in West Yorkshire and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. |
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| Thursday 16th August 2007 | ||
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| Two more Nearctic waders were discovered today: a Lesser Yellowlegs on the Taw Estuary, Devon and a
White-rumped Sandpiper at Pool of Virkie, Shetland Isles. In Cornwall seawatching tallies did not compare to yesterday but a
Wilson's Petrel was seen from Pendeen Watch with two more logged from a evening pelagic out of the Isles of Scilly. The Semipalmated Sandpiper remained on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly as did the Wilson's Phalarope at Bishop Middleham Cleveland, Squacco Heron at Earith Cambridgeshire, White-rumped Sandpiper at Breydon Water Norfolk and White-winged Black Tern at Abberton Reservoir, Essex. In Cumbria the summering Hudsonian Whimbrel was seen again at South Walney. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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