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| The first Pterodroma of the year (either a Fea's, Zino's or Desertas
Petrel) flew past Berry Head, Devon late afternoon.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Long-billed Dowitcher at Boulmer, Northumberland, six Black-winged Stilts at Potter Heigham, Norfolk, four Bee-eaters at East Leake, Nottinghamshire, Bonaparte's Gull at Oare, Kent and Ferruginous Duck at Washington, County Durham. Scarcity highlights included a White-winged Black Tern, a Purple Heron, a Night Heron, a Sabine's Gull, a Montagu's Harrier, three Roseate Terns away from breeding sites, a Leach's Petrel, three Cory's Shearwaters, six Great Shearwaters and four Balearic Shearwaters. |
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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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| Monday 10th July 2017 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the King Eider still in Ceredigion, Long-billed Dowitcher still in Northumberland, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Significant late news for yesterday concerned a Caspian Tern at Linford, Buckinghamshire. |
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| Sunday 9th July 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly; initially on St Agnes before relocating to St Mary's. Other new rarities today comprised brief
Red-footed Falcons in both Oxfordshire and West Yorkshire, and a Bee-eater overflew Beachy Head, East Sussex. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the King Eider in Ceredigion, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, family of six Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk and flock of seven Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpipers in both East Yorkshire and the Western Isles, Marsh Warbler (County Wexford), Golden Oriole (County Down), Hoopoe (County Durham), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), American Night Heron (Shropshire), two each of both Purple Heron and Sabine's Gull, and three Cattle Egrets. |
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| Saturday 8th July 2017 | ||
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| In Kent a Bonaparte's Gull returned to Oare Marshes NR for
its fifth consecutive summer, whilst a Blyth's Reed Warbler was
trapped in Cornwall and Black Kites were reported in
Lincolnshire and Cheshire. Lingering rarities included Long-billed
Dowitcher (Northumberland), King Eiders (Ceredigion
and Aberdeenshire), Black-winged Stilts (Norfolk [6] and
Cambridgeshire [2]), Bee-eaters (Nottinghamshire) and
Savi's Warbler (Suffolk). The best of the rest included Purple Herons (Suffolk and Co Wicklow), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), Marsh Warbler (Co Wexford) and Sabine's Gull (North Yorkshire). |
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| Friday 7th July 2017 | ||
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| In Cornwall the Amur Falcon spent the first few hours of the day
around Porthgwarra before moving down the valley towards the sea at around
9.30am. It was seen again at 11am when it headed towards Sennen Airfield, but
was not seen again.
New discoveries today were of a Long-billed Dowitcher at Boulmer in Northumberland and two flyover Bee-eaters at Bexleyheath in London. King Eiders were still at Ynyslas in Ceredigion and at Blackdog in Aberdeenshire but there was no sign of the American White-winged Scoter at the latter site. The Greenish Warbler remained on Fair Isle and other remaining rarities comprised the Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk and Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire. There was a Red-necked Phalarope in Aberdeenshire and Purple Herons remained in Suffolk and County Wicklow. |
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| Thursday 6th July 2017 | ||
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| Exceptional news this evening of a female Amur Falcon discovered in Cornwall at Porthgwarra. Only the second British record following the male present in East Yorkshire at Tophill Low from 14th September-15th October 2008 but misidentified as a Red-footed Falcon throughout its stay. Since the first for the Western Palearctic was identified in Italy at Straits of Messina, Sicily on 29th April 1995 there have been a further records in Italy (1997 and 1998), Greece (2003), Sweden (2005), Hungary (2006), Azores (2011), Faeroes (2015), Kuwait (2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016), Cyprus (2016) and Romania (2016 and 2017), with three of these between late June
and early July. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Red-footed Falcon briefly in Suffolk at Reydon, both the American White-winged Scoter and King Eider together in Aberdeenshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in the Western Isles, King Eider in Ceredigion, Greenish Warbler on the Shetland Isles, and at least four Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), Marsh Warbler (County Wexford), Sabine's Gull (inland in North Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), two Purple Herons, and a total of eight Cattle Egrets. |
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| Wednesday 5th July 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Balranald, North Uist, Western Isles. Elsewhere, a
Red-rumped Swallow was seen briefly in Hampshire at Titchfield Haven and
Bee-eaters were reported briefly in both Kent and Somerset. Lingering rarities comprised the American White-winged Scoter still in Aberdeenshire, Greenish Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Caspian Tern in Carmarthenshire, King Eider in Ceredigion, territorial Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, five Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire, and breeding Black-winged Stilts in both Cambridgeshire (2) and Norfolk (6). Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), Marsh Warbler (County Wexford), Sabine's Gull (inland in North Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), American Night Heron (Shropshire), and two each of White-winged Black Tern and Purple Heron. |
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| Tuesday 4th July 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Greenish Warbler on Fair Isle,
Shetland and single Bee-eaters at Dungeness and Kingsdown, both Kent.
Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, King Eider in Ceredigion, Caspian Tern in Carmarthenshire, five Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire, Little Bittern in Somerset and two Black-winged Stilts in Cambridgeshire. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Serin, a Marsh Warbler, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Sabine's Gull, a Surf Scoter, a Glaucous Gull, two White-winged Black Terns and two Purple Herons. |
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| Monday 3rd July 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a singing Blyth's Reed Warbler in Highland at Aviemore where it showed into the evening. Rarities elsewhere comprised the American White-winged Scoter and King Eider both still together in Aberdeenshire, the Caspian Tern returned to Carmarthenshire, a territorial Little Bittern remained in Somerset, six Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire, two Wilson's Petrels off the Isles of Scilly, six Black-winged Stilts together in Norfolk, and Savi's Warblers still singing in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), Common Rosefinch (Dorset), Marsh Warbler (County Wexford), Red-backed Shrike (Cleveland), Sabine's Gull (North Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Woodchat Shrike and Long-tailed Skua (both Cornwall), two each of White-winged Black Tern and Purple Heron, and six of both Great Shearwater and Cattle Egret. |
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| Sunday 2nd July 2017 | ||
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| The two major rarities discovered today were both on the Aberdeenshire coast where a
Pacific Swift was present at Cruden Bay during the late morning before departing south, and a - presumably returning -
American White-winged Scoter was located amongst the large scoter flock at Murcar. New rarities elsewhere were all brief encounters with a
Caspian Tern seen in Somerset at Chew Valley Lake and a Red-footed Falcon at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Forster's Tern in County Wexford, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Red-footed Falcon in Kent, five Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire, and Black-winged Stilts in both Kent and Norfolk (6). Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles), Woodchat Shrike (Cornwall), Marsh Warbler (County Wexford), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Sabine's and Gull and Temminck's Stint (together in North Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), American Night Heron (Shropshire), two each of both White-winged Black Tern and Purple Heron, three Red-backed Shrikes and five Cattle Egrets. |
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