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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
here
You will see photos of the birds with each report where
people have contributed photos so why not
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us your photos
to be displayed on NewsMap Lite.
NOTE: NewsMap Lite displays rare, scarce and mega birdnews
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How
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- single click on any symbol to get the info
- double click anywhere will re-centre map (and give you
the info as well if you clicked on a symbol)
- zoom (to centre of map) using the slider bar in the
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- pan the map by holding down left mouse button whilst
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- change the background by clicking any of the three
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Most recent
RBA news as at 23:35 (Includes local news not shown on NewsMap Lite)
An adult Semipalmated Sandpiper was present at Port Carlisle (Cumbria)
for its third day. In Co Wexford an adult White-rumped Sandpiper was
discovered at Tacumshin, where the long-staying Glossy Ibis and a
Montagu's Harrier also lingered.
Elsewhere lingering rarities included Whiskered Tern in Cleveland,
American Herring Gull in Co Kerry, House Finch in Devon and
Franklin's Gull in Staffordshire.
The best of the rest came in the form of a Cattle Egret in London,
Great White Egrets in Somerset and Kent, Purple Heron in Kent, two
Ring-necked Ducks in Fife, Surf Scoter in Angus, Pectoral
Sandpiper in Cornwall and Spotted Crake in Hampshire.
A Grey-headed Purple Gallinule in Flintshire was in a ditch in Saltney
(Flintshire), where it had been present for the past three weeks. Previous
British records have all been regarded as escapes from captivity and it seems
unlikely that this individual will be taken seriously as a potential addition to
Category A of The British List.
NewsMap
Lite - Rare and scarce birds in the British Isles today
