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

Welcome to NewsMap Lite. Click on the symbols on the map to find the basic details on the latest breaking rare and scarce birdnews for Britain and Ireland.  To see details of each sighting you need to use the subscriber only "NewsMap".

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  Most recent RBA news as at 14:50 (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
 
  Today at 14:48   Leics Glossy Ibis NNE of Leicester still just south of Wanlip by River Soar at Wanlip Meadows LWRT from Plover Hide at 12.30pm. From Rectory Road take Church Road then right at T.junction SK.603.104  
 
  Today at 14:44   Kent 2.Spotted Redshanks Cliffe Marshes RSPB  
 
  Today at 14:41   Norfolk 3+Wood Sands Cley NWT on Wigeon Marsh this morning  
  News summary for yesterday  
  RBA subscribers click here for more daily summaries complete with weather charts
  The identification of a female Bufflehead was confirmed at Trimley Marshes SWT, Suffolk today, after being first found on Saturday. It is not known whether she has a green ring on her left leg (which the recent wandering escape wears), and could become the third record for the county if she doesn't.

At least four Wilson's Petrels were seen from a boat off Galley Head, County Cork, together with five Great Shearwaters and 11 Cory's Shearwaters.

Lingering rarities seen today included the Collared Pratincole and at least one Black-winged Stilt in Suffolk, the family of five Black-winged Stilts in Sussex, the Ross's Gull in Devon and the Bonaparte's Gull in Kent.
-  Will Soar, RBA