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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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| Wednesday 30th June 2010 | ||
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| The most featured rarities today were Gull-billed Terns, the most
watched of which was at Abbotsbury, Dorset all day. Other birds were at Slapton,
Devon (2) and Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire. Single Black Kites were
seen at Great Cornard, Suffolk and Strumpshaw Fen RSPB, Norfolk.
In Devon, the male House Finch continued to show at Prawle Point, and the Little Bittern was still at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset. A Pectoral Sandpiper was on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, and a Golden Oriole was at Ham, London. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 28th June 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Brünnich's Guillemot briefly off Hoy, Orkney Isles. The represents just the fourth summer record of this species in Britain, following singles on the Farne Islands, Northumberland in July 1977, Sumburgh Head, Shetland Isles in June-July 1989 and St Kilda, Western Isles during May-June 1992. Elsewhere, two Gull-billed Terns showed well during the evening at Bowling Green Marsh, Devon and in Lincolnshire a Bonaparte's Gull was discovered at Chowder Ness. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the House Finch in Devon at East Prawle, the territorial male Little Bittern in Somerset and the metal-ringed Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Purple Heron (Essex), Red-necked Phalarope (Orkney Isles), Great White Egret (Somerset), Green-winged Teal (Fife), Glaucous Gull (County Clare) and Caspian Gull (London). |
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| Saturday 26th June 2010 | ||
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| In Somerset, the summering male Little Bittern was seen again a few
times today, mostly in flight over Loxton Marsh, Ham Wall RSPB. The Tawny
Pipit remained for its fourth day on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, whilst
lingering wildfowl rarities included Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire,
King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk.
Scarcity highlights were Rose-coloured Starling in Cornwall, White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk, Common Rosefinch in Perth & Kinross, Purple Heron in Kent, two Roseate Terns in Merseyside and a Great White Egret in Somerset. Late news from Lundy, where the Little Shearwater was heard again overnight on Thursday. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 24th June 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the territorial male Little Bittern in Somerset at Walton Heath. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Terek Sandpiper in County Dublin,
Forster's Tern and Glossy Ibis together in County Wexford, Blue-winged
Teal in Cambridgeshire, Great Reed Warblers singing in both Anglesey and Derbyshire and a
Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), White-spotted Bluethroat (Norfolk), Purple Heron (Kent), Common Rosefinch (Perth and Kinross), Marsh Warbler (Isle of Wight), Temminck's Stint (Aberdeenshire) and both Serin and Golden Oriole on the Isles of Scilly. |
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| Wednesday 23rd June 2010 | ||
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| An adult female Ferruginous Duck at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk was only
the sixth individual to be found in June, whilst a drake Lesser Scaup at
Loch Leven, Perth & Kinross was the ninth. A Tawny Pipit on North
Ronaldsay, Orkney rounded off today's new rarity discoveries.
The adult Terek Sandpiper was located again on the Rogerstown Estuary, County Dublin this evening, with the Glossy Ibis still at Tacumshin, County Wexford. The Iberian Chiffchaff continued to sing in Yorkshire, as did the Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire, whilst Red-footed Falcons remained in Kent and Sussex and Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire. The adult Night Heron remained on Benbecula, Western Isles, with other headline scarcities including Red-backed Shrike in Kent, White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk, Marsh Warbler on the Isle of Wight, Roseate Tern in Suffolk and Montagu's Harrier in Yorkshire. Spoonbills were in Norfolk (2), Suffolk (7), Scilly, Lincolnshire (2), Kent and Argyll (2). |
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| Monday 21st June 2010 | ||
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| Headline birds today were a Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles at Grutness and a
Terek Sandpiper in County Dublin at the Rogerstown Estuary. Elsewhere, a mobile
Caspian Tern was located in Aberdeenshire, the Blue-winged Teal continued to linger in Cambridgeshire, as did the
Great Reed Warbler in Derbyshire and the Red-footed Falcon in East Sussex. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Kent), White-spotted Bluethroat (Norfolk), Common Rosefinch (Forth), Temminck's Stint (Aberdeenshire), Ring-necked Duck (Perth and Kinross) and both Serin and Red-necked Phalarope in Lincolnshire. |
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