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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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| Thursday 19th June 2008 | ||
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| The discovery of an adult White-rumped Sandpiper at Grove Ferry NNR,
Kent this afternoon was the highlight of an otherwise quiet day, with other
rarities reported including an immature Red-footed Falcon at Lakenheath
Fen RSPB, Suffolk and two Cattle Egrets at Slimbridge WWT,
Gloucestershire.
Notable scarcities included a singing male Icterine Warbler in Lancashire, at Jackhouse Reservoir, Red-backed Shrike at Sea Palling, Norfolk, Common Rosefinch at Tyndrum, Forth, Rose-coloured Starling at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire and the vocal Corncrake remained in Berkshire. At least 84 Crossbills were seen in nine counties, so the influx continues. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 18th June 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of both the singing male River Warbler at Evie, Orkney Isles and the family party of three
Black-winged Stilts at Neumann's Flash, Cheshire. A Black Kite was seen briefly at Lanhgam, Norfolk. Notable scarcities included singles Rose-coloured Starlings in both Clyde and the Orkney Isles, Night Heron in Cambridgeshire, Red-backed Shrike in Norfolk and a singing male Corncrake in Berkshire. Migrant Crossbills continued to be noted with 77 reported from seven counties. |
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| Monday 16th June 2008 | ||
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| Amongst the rarities today the highlights were the continued presence of the River Warbler
in Evie on the Orkney Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk at Lakenheath Fen and the family of party of three
Black-winged Stilts at Neumann’s Flash, Cheshire. Brief encounters included a
Black Stork over Brighton, East Sussex and single Bee-eaters in Cornwall at Land's End and Norfolk at Winterton. Scarcities were represented by Red-breasted Flycatcher in Dorset, Night Heron in Cambridgeshire, Short-toed Lark on the Orkney Isles, Hoopoe in South Yorkshire, Red-backed Shrike in West Sussex and both Red-backed Shrike and Marsh Warbler together in Norfolk. Once again, Crossbills were in evidence with 131 migrants reported from seven English counties. |
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| Friday 13th June 2008 | ||
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| A sighting of either a Red-headed Bunting or Black-headed Bunting
at Portland, Dorset early this morning was a good start to the day, but it wasn't
seen after 6.30am. The male River Warbler remained on Orkney, at Evie,
and the adult summer Forster's Tern was seen again at Tacumshin, County
Wexford. A Bee-eater was heard to fly over Truro, Cornwall mid-morning,
and a Great White Egret left the roost at Rye Harbour NR, East Sussex.
The north-east coast continued to produce some good seabirds, including a Cory's Shearwater in Northumberland, past St Mary's Island and Seaton Sluice, Long-tailed Skua and Pomarine Skua past Whitburn, County Durham and still very good numbers of Manx Shearwaters moving past. |
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| Thursday 12th June 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was an unseasonal
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in the Shetland Isles on Unst, it's arrival perhaps
related to the appearance of Waxwings on Fair Isle and in the Orkney
Isles (4). Elsewhere, single Black Kites were seen briefly in Devon over
Exminster Marshes and Suffolk over Redgrave Fen. Lingering rarities comprised the River Warbler on the Orkney Isles, Forster's Tern in County Wexford, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, three Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire and Great White Egret in Kent. Despite much searching, the Citril Finch was reported as present on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles by only one observer. Scarcities included a Rose-coloured Starling in Lancashire, Night Heron in Suffolk, Pectoral Sandpiper in Kent and on the Shetland Isles both Icterine Warbler and Red-backed Shrike. |
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| Wednesday 11th June 2008 | ||
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| Both the Megas continued their stay on the Northern Isles, with the Citril
Finch on Fair Isle, Shetland and the River Warbler at Evie, Orkney.
Other rarities included the Forster's Tern in County Wexford, the
Black-winged Stilt family in Cheshire, Great White Egrets in South
Yorkshire and County Dublin and three Cattle Egrets in Somerset.
The best of the rest included three Serins, including two together at Hengistbury Head, Dorset, and a further bird at Dungeness, Kent, Marsh Warbler at Sea Palling, Norfolk, Red-backed Shrike at Petworth, West Sussex and a Rose-coloured Starling at Inskip, Lancashire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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