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 NewsMap Lite - Rare and scarce birds in the British Isles today - from Rare Bird Alert

Welcome to Rare Bird Alert's all new birdnews page on Birdwatch. Click on the symbols on the map below to find the latest breaking rare and scarce birdnews for Britain and Ireland. Please be sure send us your own birdnews sightings here. 

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  Most recent RBA news as at 06:30 (Includes local news not shown on NewsMap Lite)
Below is the actual text of the 3 most recent messages to RBA subscribers. For how to access all messages: click here
 
  Yesterday at 22:53   W.Sussex Jack Snipe Climping Gap flushed from set-aside strip mid a'noon  
 
  Yesterday at 22:52   Kent 2.Black-necked Grebes Dungeness RSPB still on Denge Marsh  
 
  Yesterday at 22:47   Co.Antrim Ring-billed Gull ad y'day Carrickfergus Leisure Centre  
  News summary for yesterday  
  RBA subscribers click here for more daily summaries complete with weather charts
  An adult Bonaparte's Gull was discovered in Highland, at the River Thurso mouth late morning, with another still lingering in Glamorgan. In Dorset, the adult drake Bufflehead was still on The Fleet near Langton Herring, whilst in County Limerick the Pied-billed Grebe remained on Lough Gur. Wintering rarities seen today included the Little Bunting in Highland and single Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and Clyde.

Scarcities logged today included a Cattle Egret, a Great White Egret, nine Spoonbills, six Black Brants, five Snow Geese, four Surf Scoters, two American Wigeons, four Ring-necked Ducks, three Ring-billed Gulls, six Caspian Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls, an Iceland Gull, two Rough-legged Buzzards, 29 Waxwings, two Shorelarks and two Great Grey Shrikes.
-  Will Soar, RBA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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