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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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| Saturday 28th May 2016 | ||
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| A Black-browed Albatross spent a few hours on Fair Isle, Shetland this
morning, mostly in flight around the east side of the island, and a female
Black-eared Wheatear was seen at Happisburgh, Norfolk very briefly. The
Black-billed Cuckoo remained at Bayhead, Western Isles, the Lammergeier
was reported again from Dartmoor, Devon (having been seen in Somerset mid
afternoon yesterday) and the Dalmatian Pelican spent much of the day at
Drift Reservoir, Cornwall.
Other new discoveries today included a Snowy Owl in County Clare, Gull-billed Tern in Lothian, Forster's Tern in County Galway, two Greenish Warblers in Gwynedd, two Bee-eaters in both Kent and Cornwall and White-billed Diver in Shetland. Other lingering rarities included the Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Savi's Warbler in Yorkshire, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Subalpine warbler in Fife, single Red-footed Falcons in Essex and Wiltshire, two Black-winged Stilts in Essex and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 27th May 2016 | ||
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| A Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Shetland and a Subalpine Warbler
on the Isle of May, Fife were new discoveries today, whilst lingering rarities
included the Black-billed Cuckoo in the Western Isles, Lammergeier
in Devon, Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in
Dorset, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, single Savi's Warblers
in Suffolk, Yorkshire and County Wicklow, Red-footed Falcon and two
Black-winged Stilts in Essex, other Red-footed Falcons in Suffolk and
Wiltshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland.
Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Marsh Warbler, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Honey Buzzard, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Hoopoes, two Serins, two Common Rosefinches, two Corncrakes, five Icterine Warblers and seven Red-backed Shrikes. |
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| Tuesday 24th May 2016 | ||
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| New rarities breaking today comprised a Black-headed Bunting in Pembrokeshire on Skomer, a
Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland at Castle Island, a Savi's Warbler in East Yorkshire at Blacktoft Sands, and two
Bee-eaters briefly at Sandwich Bay, Kent. Continuing rarities were the Black-billed Cuckoo still on the Western Isles, the elusive Lammergeier and the Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warblers in both Suffolk and County Wicklow, two Black-winged Stilts together in Essex, and single Red-footed Falcons in Essex, Suffolk and Wiltshire. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler and Ortolan Bunting on the Isles of Scilly, Woodchat Shrike, Bluethroat, Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike and Surf Scoter on the Shetland Isles, Red-breasted Flycatcher on the Orkney Isles, Pectoral Sandpiper in County Durham and a Ring-billed Gull in Merseyside. |
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| Monday 23rd May 2016 | ||
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| The Black-billed Cuckoo remained at Bayhead, North Uist all day today.
The Lammergeier was also seen again, and proved twitchable for multiple
observers for the first time since its arrival. It lingered for a couple of
hours near Princetown on Dartmoor, Devon late morning, before eventually flying
north. It was then seen several times further west in Cornwall, where it was
last seen flying north near Rosenannon at about 7pm. The Dalmatian Pelican
was also seen again in Cornwall, this time at Helford this evening.
New discoveries today included a female Collared Flycatcher on Fair Isle, Shetland, a Red-footed Falcon near Woodbridge, Suffolk and a Red-rumped Swallow in Folkestone, Kent. Other lingering rarities included the Stilt Sandpiper in Hampshire, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Iberian Chiffchaff and Spotted Sandpiper in the Isles of Scilly, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warbler in County Wicklow and two Black-winged Stilts and a Red-footed Falcon in Essex. |
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| Sunday 22nd May 2016 | ||
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| Startling news from the Western Isles today where a Black-billed Cuckoo showed well all evening on North Uist at Bayhead: the spring record of this much-wanted species in Britain. In Devon the Lammergeier was reported again, on Dartmoor, over the Bellever Forest before flying east. Other rarities discovered today were a Stilt Sandpiper in Hampshire at Pennington Marshes, Gull-billed Tern in Kent at Dungeness, Red-throated Pipit on Fair Isles, and Savi's Warbler on the Shetland Isles at Sumburgh, with brief encounters including Whiskered Tern in Nottinghamshire, Black Kite in Suffolk, and Bee-eaters in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Pacific Golden Plover in Aberdeenshire, two Whiskered Terns in Cleveland, two Black-winged Stilts in Essex, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Red-footed Falcon on Wiltshire, King Eider in County Sligo, Spotted Sandpiper, Iberian Chiffchaff and Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, and Savi's Warblers in Somerset, Suffolk and County Wicklow. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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