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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 1st May 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow at Shoeburyness,
Essex, a White-rumped Sandpiper on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and a
White-billed Diver off Esha Ness, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Godwit at Meare Heath, Somerset, Great Blue Heron at Lower Moors, Isles of Scilly, Harlequin Duck in Aberdeen, three White-billed Divers off Portsoy and King Eider at Newburgh, all Aberdeenshire, Pied-billed Grebe at Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire, American Herring Gull near St Just, Cornwall and four Black-winged Stilts at Cliffe, Kent. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 29th April 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the female Hudsonian Godwit at Meare Heath,
Somerset; relocated late morning the bird showed into the evening when it departed to the west with Black-tailed Godwits. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Great Blue Heron still on the Isles of Scilly, Pied-billed Grebe in Lancashire, single Harlequin Ducks in both Aberdeenshire and Highland, a Spotted Sandpiper new in Powys at Neuadd Reservoirs, four Black-winged Stilts together in Kent, King Eider still in Aberdeenshire, and a brief Red-rumped Swallow at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. Scarities included Purple Heron (County Wicklow), Pectoral Sandpiper (London), Grey-headed Wagtail (North Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), two each of Night Heron, Hoopoe, Rough-legged Buzzard and Shorelark, and 16 migrant Dotterel. |
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| Tuesday 28th April 2015 | ||
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| The only new rarity for today was a report of a male Red-footed Falcon
over Rainham Marshes RSPB, London.
Lingering rarities once again included the Great Blue Heron in the Isles of Scilly, both Harlequin Ducks in Aberdeenshire and Highland, Pied-billed Grebe in Lancashire, White-rumped Sandpiper and White-billed Diver in Orkney, Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and single Lesser Scaups in Ayrshire and Glamorgan. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 27th April 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Great Blue Heron
in the Isles of Scilly, both Harlequin Ducks in Aberdeenshire and
Highland, Pied-billed Grebe in Lancashire, King Eider and five
White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire (with another of the latter nearby in
Moray), Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in
Glamorgan, Black Kite in Shetland and Red-rumped Swallow in the
Isles of Scilly.
Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Little Bunting, a Wryneck, a Spotted Crake, a Lapland Bunting, three Hoopoes, four Night Herons and 15 Dotterels. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 26th April 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Snowy Owl at Blacksod, County Mayo, a
Black Kite at Sumburgh, Shetland, two Black-winged Stilts at Trimley,
Suffolk and a Red-rumped Swallow at Cliffe, Kent.
Lingering rarities included the Great Blue Heron in the Isles of Scilly, both Harlequin Ducks in Aberdeenshire and Highland, Pied-billed Grebe in Lancashire, Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, White-rumped Sandpiper and White-billed Diver in Orkney, Laughing Gull in County Cork and Red-rumped Swallow in the Isles of Scilly. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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