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| Friday 22nd January 2021 | ||
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| A Lesser Scaup was found in County Clare at Ardcloony.
Lingering rarities included the Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Kent and King Eider in County Kerry. Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, two Little Buntings, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Waxwings, 100 Lapland Buntings, three Glossy Ibises, two Grey Phalaropes, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Black Brants, seven Tundra Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, 14 Glaucous Gulls and 25 Iceland Gulls. |
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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 21st January 2021 | ||
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The Lesser Scaup in Co.Waterford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and Rustic Bunting in Surrey were still present (the latter alongside the two Little Buntings). A new Rustic Bunting was found in Co.Waterford. Scarcities included two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Waxwings (Highland), two Yellow-browed Warblers, four Ring-billed Gulls, Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), Surf Scoter (Co.Meath), Green-winged Teal (Co.Wexford), seven Ring-necked Ducks, two Grey Phalaropes (North Yorkshire) and Glossy Ibis (Dorset). |
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| Wednesday 20th January 2021 | ||
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| The Rustic Bunting was still present at Thursley, Surrey.
Scarcity highlights included two Little Buntings, two Grey Phalaropes, a Surf Scoter, two Green-winged Teals, three Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Ring-billed Gull, three Glaucous Gulls and 14 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Tuesday 19th January 2021 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Rustic Bunting still together with two Little Buntings in Surrey on Thursley Common, and a
White-billed Diver off Unst, Shetland Isles. Other scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Ring-billed Gull (County Wicklow), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Black Brant (County Dublin), American Wigeon and Shorelark (both Northumberland), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler and Green-winged Teal, four Waxwings, and a total of nine Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Monday 18th January 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included just the Rustic Bunting in Surrey and Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Black-bellied Dipper, a Great Grey Shrike, a Lapland Bunting, two Little Buntings, three Shorelarks, an American Golden Plover, a Grey Phalarope, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, five Tundra Bean Geese, six Taiga Bean Geese, three Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, five Ring-billed Gulls, seven Glaucous Gulls and 23 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Sunday 17th January 2021 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Snowy Owl on Fetlar, Shetland and a Ferruginous Duck at Pymoor, Cambridgeshire.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Double-crested Cormorant in County Kerry, Hooded Merganser and Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Rustic Bunting in Surrey and Dusky Warbler in Kent. Scarcity highlights included two Little Buntings, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Waxwings, three Yellow-browed Warblers, three Shorelarks, 56 Lapland Buntings, an American Golden Plover, a Rough-legged Buzzard, three Glossy Ibises, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, four Black Brants, six Taiga Bean Geese, ten Tundra Bean Geese, three Ring-billed Gulls, 17 Iceland Gulls and 24 Glaucous Gulls. |
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| Saturday 16th January 2021 | ||
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The King Eider in Co.Kerry continued its stay. Other highlights included Great Grey Shrike (Surrey), two Rose-coloured Starlings, eight Waxwings, Yellow-browed Warbler (Buckinghamshire), three Ring-billed Gulls, four Surf Scoters, two American Wigeon, two Ring-necked Ducks, Green-winged Teal (Devon), Black Brant (Dorset), three Tundra Bean Geese and Glossy Ibis (Dorset). |
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| Friday 15th January 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Rustic Bunting in Surrey and Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon.
Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Shorelark, a Waxwing, two Little Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, 2 Rose-coloured Starlings, 40 Lapland Buntings, six Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, three Ring-necked Ducks, five Surf Scoters, four Black Brants, 12 Tundra Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Kumlien's Gulls, 13 Glaucous Gulls and 19 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Thursday 14th January 2021 | ||
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The Rustic Bunting remained in Surrey (alongside the two Little Buntings), while wintering Lesser Yellowlegs lingered in Devon and Co.Waterford. Other highlights from today included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Great Grey Shrike (Surrey), two Yellow-browed Warblers, 16 Waxwings, three Ring-billed Gulls, two American Wigeon, 11 Ring-necked Ducks, four Green-winged Teal, three Black Brant, Todd's Canada Goose (Argyll), Snow Goose (Western Isles), three Glossy Ibises (Cambridgeshire), seven Glaucous Gulls and 26 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Wednesday 13th January 2021 | ||
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| A White-billed Diver flew past Boulmer, Northumberland.
Lingering rarities included the White-throated Sparrow in Kent, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Cheshire and Eastern Black Redstart in Norfolk. Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, two Little Buntings, 14 Waxwings, a Little Auk, a Glossy Ibis, a Surf Scoter, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teal, two Tundra Bean Geese, six Taiga Bean Geese, three Black Brants, two Glaucous Gulls, four Ring-billed Gulls and 20 Iceland Gulls. |
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