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Today's UK birdnews brought to you
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Welcome to
Rare Bird Alert's birdnews page on Surfbirds. On the map below you
will find the latest breaking rarity and scarcity birdnews
for Britain and Ireland. See what species are
being reported and where by clicking the symbols on
the map. Please send us your own birdnews sightings
here. You will see photos of the birds with each report where
people have contributed photos so why not
send RBA your rarity photos
to be displayed on NewsMap Lite. Note however that it may not be possible to
upload every single photo submitted. Be sure to see the latest news on the map by
clicking the refresh link on the top left. NewsMap Lite is a limited version of the RBA subscription services
NewsMap
and NewsMap Plus
which are available for free trial on the
RBA website.
How
to use NewsMap Lite
- 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
upper left corner of map
- pan the map by holding down left mouse button whilst
moving the mouse
- change the background by clicking any of the three
options in top right corner of map
Most recent
RBA news as at 03:12 (Includes local news not shown on NewsMap Lite)
A singing River Warbler showed well at Applecross, Highland for its
5th day. This individual will no doubt prove to be a popular attraction, given
that there hasn't been a twitchable Mainland River Warbler for almost thirteen
years.
Elsewhere, rarity news involved belated reports of Red-footed Falcon
in Hampshire and Black Kite in Cambridgeshire, but unfortunately
yesterday's reported Audouin's Gull in Co Kerry turned out to be an aberrant or
hybrid gull.
Elsewhere a Rose-coloured Starling was briefly in Falmouth (Cornwall),
the Marsh Warbler continued to sing at Otmoor RSPB (Oxfordshire) and a
drake Green-winged Teal was discovered on Mainland Orkney.
Today's UK birdnews brought to you
by Rare Bird Alert
