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| Friday 5th August 2016 | ||
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| Rarity highlights included the Western Purple Swamphen
(Suffolk), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Pembrokeshire),
Spotted Sandpiper (Somerset/Dorset), Squacco Heron
(Lincolnshire), White-rumped Sandpipers (Co Antrim,
Lincolnshire and Angus) and Hudsonian Whimbrel and
Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall). The best of the rest included Melodious Warbler (Pembrokeshire), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), White-winged Black Tern (Aberdeenshire), two Pectoral Sandpipers and two Glossy Ibises. |
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Daily news summaries
Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.
Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Thursday 4th August 2016 | ||
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| The Least Sandpiper at Seaton, Devon, was briefly joined by
a second individual this morning. Elsewhere new discoveries included
Spotted Sandpiper at Sutton Bingham Reservoir (Somerset/Dorset),
White-rumped Sandpiper at Cley (Norfolk) and a Bee-eater
at sea north of Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire). The Western Purple Swamphen
(Suffolk), Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel
(Cornwall), White-rumped Sandpipers (Angus, Lincolnshire and Co
Antrim) and Bonaparte's Gull (Kent) all lingered.
Seabird highlights comprised at least six Wilson's Petrels (at least five from a Scilly pelagic and one off the County Kerry coastline), 31 Cory's Shearwaters and five Great Shearwaters. The best of the rest included two Pectoral Sandpipers (Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire). |
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| Wednesday 3rd August 2016 | ||
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| The best seawatching day of the year so far saw the first Fea's/Zino's Petrel
passing Ram Head, County Waterford, Wilson's Petrel between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, a
Grey Phalarope in Pembrokeshire, Long-tailed Skua passing County Clare, and at least 747 Cory's Shearwaters between County Clare and Cornwall, and 47
Great Shearwaters between County Kerry and Cornwall. Single White-rumped Sandpipers were discovered in both County Antrim and Norfolk, whilst lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Western Purple Swamphen in Suffolk, Least Sandpiper in Devon, American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, both Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Little Bittern in Somerset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, and single Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Norfolk), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), White Stork (London), two Surf Scoters, three Glossy Ibises, and four Pectoral Sandpipers (Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Essex and Lincolnshire). |
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| Tuesday 2nd August 2016 | ||
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| The most significant discovery was a Least Sandpiper at
Black Hole Marsh, Devon.
Lingering rarities included the Western Purple Swamphen in Suffolk, Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Black Duck Highland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Little Bittern in Somerset. The best of the rest included Pectoral Sandpipers (Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Cattle Egret (Suffolk) and Glossy Ibis (Merseyside). |
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| Monday 1st August 2016 | ||
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| The Western Purple Swamphen lingered at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, as did
the Dalmatian Pelican on the Hayle Estuary RSPB, Cornwall,
White-rumped Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire, Little
Bittern at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset, Wilson's Petrel off St Mary's,
Isles of Scilly and Bonaparte's Gull at Oare Marshes NR, Kent.
Scarcity highlights included a Long-tailed Skua, a Spotted Crake, a White Stork, two Pectoral Sandpipers, three Glossy Ibises, four Honey Buzzards, five Cory's Shearwaters and 11 Great Shearwaters. |
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| Sunday 31st July 2016 | ||
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| A Western Purple Swamphen was at Minsmere RSPB for its
second day. Unlike most
previous reports of purple swamphen in Britain (which have typically involved
birds of an eastern form and considered - and sometimes proven - to be escapes
from captivity), the Minsmere bird is a Western Purple
Swamphen, and arriving hot on the heels of a bird currently in Morbihan, Brittany, France, coupled with a reported rapid range expansion by the species,
it is potentially of wild origin. Minsmere RSPB also hosted a Citrine Wagtail and Caspian Tern, but neither lingered. Elsewhere new discoveries comprised Baird's Sandpiper in Norfolk, Bee-eaters in Lothian and Gloucestershire and Black Kite in Co Wexford. Lingering rarities included American White-winged Scoter (Aberdeenshire), King Eider (Co Donegal), Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall), White-rumped Sandpipers (Co Wexford and Lincolnshire), Lesser Scaup (Perth & Kinross) and Bonaparte's Gulls (Kent and Northumberland). The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint (Co Derry), Pectoral Sandpiper (Cambridgeshire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire) and four Cattle Egrets. |
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| Saturday 30th July 2016 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Black Stork in Derbyshire over Ogston Reservoir, and a
Lesser Scaup at Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross. The latter bird being the individual fitted with a nasal-saddle in Portugal in December 2013,
and first seen in Britain in Powys in October 2014, then last recorded in Clyde on 1st May 2016. Lingering rarities comprised an American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, both Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Little Bittern in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and Northumberland, and single White-rumped Sandpipers in Lincolnshire and County Wexford. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Aberdeenshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), White Stork (London), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Wryneck (Surrey), three Glossy Ibises, and six Cattle Egrets. |
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| Friday 29th July 2016 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), Little Bittern (Somerset), Bonaparte's Gull (Northumberland) and White-rumped Sandpipers in Lincolnshire and Co Wexford. The best of the rest included White-winged Black Tern (Aberdeenshire), Spotted Crakes (Cheshire), Cattle Egrets (Co Wexford and Merseyside), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lancashire), White Stork (London) and Glossy Ibises (South Yorkshire and Merseyside). | ||
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| Thursday 28th July 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh. Elsewhere, rarities comprised both the Dalmatian Pelican and
Hudsonian Whimbrel still in Cornwall, American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, and
Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland. Scarcities incuded Spotted Crake (Cheshire), White Stork (London), Honey Buzzard (Suffolk), Cattle Egret and Glossy Ibis (together in Merseyside), and two each of both Pectoral Sandpiper (Essex and Northumberland) and Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire and Lothian). Seabird highlights were three Cory's Searwaters and 15 Great Shearwaters between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. |
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| Wednesday 27th July 2016 | ||
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| New discoveries included a White-rumped Sandpiper in East
Yorkshire, Caspian Tern in Northumberland and Black
Kite in West Sussex, whilst the American White-winged Scoter
(Aberdeenshire), Broad-billed Sandpiper (Lincolnshire),
Bonaparte's Gull (Northumberland), Caspian Tern
(Norfolk) and King Eider (Co Donegal) all lingered. The best of the rest included Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Cattle Egret (Co Wexford), Pectoral Sandpipers (Northumberland and Lincolnshire), White Stork (London) and Glossy Ibis (Merseyside). |
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