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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 latest breaking rare and scarce birdnews for Britain and
Ireland. Please be sure to send us your own sightings
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Most recent
RBA news as at 07:32 (Includes local news not shown on NewsMap Lite)
Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Bufflehead in Dorset,
Pied-billed Grebe in County Clare and Hooded Merganser in Cleveland, with in Glamorgan a
Bonaparte's Gull and two Lesser Scaups, and in Highland a Bonaparte's Gull and a Little
Bunting.
Scarcities included 18 Waxwings across three counties, six Glaucous
Gulls, four each of Ring-necked Duck and Iceland Gull, three each of
Ring-billed Gull, Great Grey Shrike and Caspian Gull, two each of
American Wigeon, Great White Egret, Green-winged Teal (County Clare) and
Shorelark (Norfolk) and singles of Surf Scoter (Conwy), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and Black Brant (County Cork).
Significant late news from Cornwall concerned the reappearance of the juvenile Pallid Harrier yesterday near Zennor. First noted in the area on 4th December 2009, the bird had recorded irregularly until 25th January but had not been since.
NewsMap
Lite - Rare and scarce birds in the British Isles today
