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| Monday 16th July 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Lesser Yellowlegs again in Norfolk at Titchwell,
Wilson's Petrel at sea off the Isles of Scilly and in Kent Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together at Oare Marshes. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Warwickshire), Glossy Ibis (Leicestershire) and Cattle Egrets (Merseyside, Norfolk and Somerset). |
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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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| Sunday 15th July 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Greater Sand Plover in East Yorkshire at Easington where it showed on and off throughout the day. Rarities elsewhere comprised
a Snowy Owl still on the Western Isles, Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together in Kent,
Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, and two Savi's Warblers together in Suffolk. Scarcities included two Rose-coloured Starlings (Cornwall and Suffolk), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland) and Cattle Egret (Norfolk). |
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| Saturday 14th July 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Greater Sand Plover in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea. Continuing rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Audouin's Gull in South Yorkshire, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| Friday 13th July 2018 | ||
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| An Audouin's Gull was discovered in Sheffield, South Yorkshire this evening. This remarkable inland record is the second for Yorkshire, following the 25-minute bird at Kilnsea in 2005, and is just the eighth record for Britain.
In Norfolk, an adult Lesser Yellowlegs was found at Titchwell RSPB. Lingering rarities present today included the Little Bittern in Shropshire, Snowy Owl in the Western Isles, Pacific Golden Plover in County Wicklow and the Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts in Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Red-backed Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Glaucous Gulls, three Roseate Terns and 11 Cattle Egrets. |
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| Thursday 12th July 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Little Bittern (Shropshire),
Pacific Golden Plover (Co Wicklow), Bonaparte's Gull
(Kent), Black-winged Stilts (four in Kent, one in Norfolk) and
Wilson's Petrel (Isles of Scilly). The best of the rest included Red-backed Shrike (Surrey) and two Rose-coloured Starlings (Argyll and Cheshire). |
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| Wednesday 11th July 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pacific Golden Plover in County Wicklow at Poulaphouca Reservoir. Interestingly, this distinctive adult male appears to be the same individual as
that present in Cornwall at Gwithian and the Hayle Estuary between 29th June and 1st July; a relocation north northwest of 211 miles. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Snowy Owl still on the Western Isles, territorial Little Bittern in Shropshire, Bonaparte's Gull still in Kent, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Black-winged Stilts in both Kent (4) and Norfolk. Scarcities included Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire), Cory's Shearwater (at sea off Dorset), two Cattle Egrets and four Rose-coloured Starlings. |
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| Tuesday 10th July 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the territorial Little Bittern still in Shropshire and the
Bonaparte's Gull and family of four Black-winged Stilts still together in Kent. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Aberdeenshire, County Sligo and the Western Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Temminck's Stint (Norfolk) and Cattle Egret (Merseyside, Norfolk and Somerset). |
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| Monday 9th July 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the territorial Little Bittern still in Shropshire,
Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, and Bonaparte's Gull and a family of
Black-winged Stilts still together in Kent. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Western Isles), Purple Heron (Warwickshire), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), two Rose-coloured Starlings, and three Cattle Egrets. |
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| Sunday 8th July 2018 | ||
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| In Wiltshire an Alpine Swift flew over Tidworth, whilst
Little Bittern (Shropshire), Savi's Warbler (Suffolk),
Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Shetland), Bonaparte's Gull
and four Black-winged Stilts (Kent), Forster's Tern
(Co Wexford), Pied-billed Grebe (Argyll) and King Eider
(Aberdeenshire) all lingered, but the Sooty Tern failed to make an appearance on
Farne Islands (Northumberland). The best of the rest included Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Glossy Ibis (Norfolk), two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Red-necked Phalaropes and ten Cattle Egrets. |
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| Saturday 7th July 2018 | ||
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| The bird of the day was discovered during the evening on Brownsman, Farne Islands, Northumberland, in the form of a Sooty Tern. The first in Britain since the widely twitched long staying bird of 2005, this is the second for the county and the archipelago, when the roaming 1966 individual visited Inner Farne on 21st June.
In Anglesey the Snowy Owl reappeared at South Stack RSPB late morning, whilst another was found near Carinish, North Uist, Western Isles. A singing Iberian Chiffchaff was heard at Marazion Marsh RSPB, Cornwall and a female Red-footed Falcon flew over Witcham, Cambridgeshire. Lingering rarities seen today included the Little Bittern at Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire, and the Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts at Oare Marshes, Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Red-backed Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Long-tailed Skua, a Pomarine Skua, a Balearic Shearwater, a Roseate Tern, a Surf Scoter, a Glossy Ibis, a Cattle Egret, two Iceland Gulls, two White Storks and three Honey Buzzards. |
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