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| Tuesday 23rd August 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a male Harlequin Duck on St Kilda, Western Isles; presumably the same individual as
earlier present on Unst, Shetland Isles on 5th-11th August. Rarities elsewhere included the
Turkestan Shrike still in East Yorkshire, Black Scoter in Aberdeenshire,
Iberian Chiffchaff in London, Citrine Wagtail in Gwent, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lothian,
Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, three Black-winged Stilts together in Cheshire, and
Bee-eaters in Aberdeenshire, Hampshire, and Norfolk (10). A noticeable arrival of birds on the Shetland Isles included Greenish Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, Shorelark, Wryneck, two Common Rosefinches, and three each of both Icterine Warbler and Barred Warbler. Seabirds logged today included 12 each of both Wilson's Petrel and Sabine's Gull, three Long-tailed Skuas, 38 Cory's Shearwaters, and 158 Great Shearwaters. Other scarcities included Purple Heron (Buckinghamshire), Red-necked Phalarope (East Yorkshire), Temminck's Stint (Northumberland), Dotterel (Kent), American Wigeon (County Londonderry), Surf Scoter (Angus), two American Golden Plovers, three each of both Red-backed Shrikes and Wrynecks, five of Pectoral Sandpiper and Spotted Crake, and a total of 22 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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| Monday 22nd August 2022 | ||
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| A Great Snipe was seen briefly on Fair Isle, Shetland today, whilst a Fea's/Desertas Petrel was off the Scillonian.III, a White-rumped Sandpiper was at Musselburgh, Lothian and a Bee-eater was in Snettisham, Norfolk.
Lingering rarities included the Turkestan Shrike in Yorkshire, Citrine Wagtail in Gwent, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, nine Bee-eaters in Norfolk, Forster's Tern in County Louth, four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, King Eider in Lothian and Wilson's Petrels from the Scilly pelagic (three) and from a pelagic off Falmouth, Cornwall (two). Scarcity highlights included a Barred Warbler, a Melodious Warbler, three Icterine Warblers, a Red-backed Shrike, a Wryneck, two American Golden Plovers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, a Purple Heron, 14 Glossy Ibises, five Spotted Crakes, two Surf Scoters, a Tundra Bean Goose, 56 Roseate Terns, a Pomarine Skua, a Red-necked Phalarope, two Grey Phalaropes, three Sabine's Gulls, 138 Balearic Shearwaters, 141 Great Shearwaters and around 450 Cory's Shearwaters. |
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| Sunday 21st August 2022 | ||
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| Seabirds again provided the headlines with a Fea's/Desertas Petrel passing Porthgwarra, Cornwall, and totals of 41
Wilson's Petrels, six Long-tailed Skuas, nine Sabine's Gulls, 30
Cory's Shearwaters, 492 Balearic Shearwaters, and 536 Great
Shearwaters. Rarities today comprised the Greater Sand Plover still in Aberdeenshire, Turkestan Shrike still in East Yorkshire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Citrine Wagtail in Gwent, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, King Eider in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, the family of four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, Bee-eater in Dumfries and Galloway and Norfolk (9). Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Devon), Melodious Warbler (Dorset), Icterine Warbler and Barred Warbler (Shetland Isles), Purple Heron (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), Dotterel (Northumberland), two each of American Golden Plover, Red-backed Shrike, and Temminck's Stint, three Pectoral Sandpipers, five Spotted Crakes, seven Wrynecks, and a total of eight Glossy Ibises. |
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| Saturday 20th August 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Greater Sand Plover in Aberdeenshire at St Combs. Seabird tallies comprised a Barolo Shearwater in County Wexford passing Carnsore Point, a Fea's/Desertas Petrel in Cornwall passing Porthgwarra, a total of 28 Wilson's Petrels, 34 Cory's Shearwaters, 215 Great Shearwaters, 27 Sabine's Gulls, and five Long-tailed Skuas. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Turkestan Shrike still in East Yorkshire, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, Citrine Wagtail in Gwent, Caspian Tern and 10 Bee-eaters together in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Ferruginous Duck in Northamptonshire, and the family of four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (Cornwall), Icterine Warbler and Temminck's Stint (Norfolk), Barred Warbler (Shetland Isles), Night Heron and Purple Heron (Kent), Pectoral Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), Dotterel (East Sussex), three each of White-winged Black Tern, American Golden Plover, Red-backed Shrike, and Wryneck, five Spotted Crakes, and a total of 16 Glossy Ibises. |
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| Friday 19th August 2022 | ||
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| Seabirds provided the highlights today with 11 Wilson's Petrels, 284 Great
Shearwaters, 12 Cory's Shearwaters, four Sabine's Gulls, and two
Long-tailed Skuas all logged in the west. Rarities today included a Pacific Golden Plover new in Cleveland at Saltholme, the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper still in County Cork, Turkestan Shrike still in East Yorkshire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Squacco Heron in West Sussex, Caspian Tern and 10 Bee-eaters in Norfolk, Citrine Wagtail in Gwent, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and the family of four Black-winged Stilts still in Cheshire. Scarcities included Night Heron (Kent), American Golden Plover (County Wexford), Red-necked Phalarope (Essex), Temminck's Stint (Norfolk), two each of both Barred Warbler and Red-backed Shrike, three Icterine Warblers, six Wrynecks, seven Spotted Crakes, and a total of 14 Glossy Ibises. |
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| Thursday 18th August 2022 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Aquatic Warbler at Galley Head, County Cork, the first in Ireland since 2014, a Citrine Wagtail at Newport Wetlands, Gwent, a Black Kite over Grove Ferry, Kent, a Caspian Tern at Hickling, Norfolk, an Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Mayo and a Wilson's Petrel off Porthgwarra, Cornwall.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in County Cork, Turkestan Shrike in Yorkshire, Squacco Heron in Sussex, four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, eight Bee-eaters in Norfolk, King Eider in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Northamptonshire and 15 Wilson's Petrels from the Scilly pelagic. Other seabirds recorded included 14 Sabine's Gulls, a Grey Phalarope, a Pomarine Skua, six Long-tailed Skuas, around 135 Balearic Shearwaters, around 119 Cory's Shearwaters and around 291 Great Shearwaters. Scarcity highlgihts included a Melodious Warbler, an Icterine Warbler, a Barred Warbler, a Red-backed Shrike, two Wrynecks, seven Spotted Crakes, a Dotterel, a Temminck's Stint, two Pectoral Sandpipers, a Purple Heron, five Glossy Ibises, seven Honey Buzzards, a White-winged Black Tern and a Glaucous Gull. |
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| Wednesday 17th August 2022 | ||
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Main highlight of the day was the discovering of a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in County Cork at Clogheen Marsh, elsewhere Wilson’s Petrels were recorded off Cornwall and County Galway. Lingering rarities included the Turkestan Shrike in Yorkshire, four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, Squacco Heron in Sussex, eight Bee-eaters in Norfolk, Ferruginous Ducks in Northamptonshire, King Eider on Shetland. Scarcity highlights included 2 Barred Warblers, 2 Wrynecks, 5 Spotted Crakes, a Purple Heron, an American Golden Plover, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Dotterels, 8 Sabine's Gulls, 9 Long-tailed Skuas, 16 Pomarine Skuas, 4 Cory's Shearwaters and 12 Great Shearwaters. |
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| Tuesday 16th August 2022 | ||
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| Eight Wilson's Petrels were seen from a pelagic trip off the Isles of Scilly, along with around twenty each of Cory's and Great Shearwaters. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Turkestan Shrike and White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Squacco Heron in Sussex, Ferruginous Duck in Northamptonshire and the families of Bee-eaters in Norfolk and Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire.
There were nine sighting of Cory's Shearwaters off the north east coast with a further bird off Cornwall. There were also five sightings of Great Shearwaters, from Borders, County Antrim, Cornwall and from the Scillonian as well as the Ullapool to Stornoway ferry. Both Icterine Warblers and Wrynecks were seen in Norfolk and Scilly. Spotted Crakes were in Yorkshire (2), Scilly (2), Somerset and Northumberland and there were three Pectoral Sandpipers, an American Golden Plover, a Purple Heron and a Night Heron |
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| An Aquatic Warbler was at Nanjizal Valley, Cornwall, a Caspian Tern was at Breydon Water, Norfolk and nine Wilson's Petrels were seen from a pelagic off County Waterford, the first record for the county.
Lingering rarities included the Turkestan Shrike in Yorkshire, four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, White-rumped Sandpipers in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, Squacco Heron in Sussex, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Bonaparte's Gulls in Argyll and Kent, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, eight Bee-eaters in Norfolk, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Black Duck in County Mayo, Ferruginous Ducks in Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire and three Wilson's Petrels were seen from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included a Barred Warbler, two Icterine Warblers, four Wrynecks, six Spotted Crakes, a Night Heron, a Purple Heron, 16 Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Dotterel, a Tundra Bean Goose, two Sabine's Gulls, a Long-tailed Skua, four Pomarine Skuas, 135 Cory's Shearwaters and 136 Great Shearwaters. |
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| New Aquatic Warblers were at Slapton, Devon and Abbotsbury, Dorset, a Caspian Tern flew over Sidestrand, Norfolk, Bee-eaters were over Minsmere, Suffolk (four), Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire (three) and Bedhampton, Hampshire, a Black Kite was at Drift Reservoir and a Wilson's Petrel flew past Pendeen, both Cornwall.
Lingering rarities still present included the Turkestan Shrike in Yorkshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, six Bee-eaters in Norfolk, Squacco Heron in Sussex, Ferruginous Duck in Nottinghamshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Forster's Tern in County Louth, four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Scilly, White-rumped Sandpipers in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk and the Laughing Gull and two Wilson's Petrels were seen from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, four Spotted Crakes, a Night Heron, four Purple Herons, 18 Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, a Temminck's Stint, a Grey Phalarope, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Honey Buzzards, a Tundra Bean Goose, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, a Sabine's Gull, a Glaucous Gull, two Pomarine Skuas, four Cory's Shearwaters and 62 Great Shearwaters. |
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