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| Thursday 17th January 2008 | ||
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| The Pacific Diver, now a second winter, has returned to Llys-y-Fran
Reservoir, Pembrokeshire, and now shows a full black chin strap. Other
highlights today include an adult or second winter Franklin's Gull in the
roost in Wareham Channel, Dorset, and the continued presence of the superb adult
White-crowned Sparrow at Cley, Norfolk.
Other lingering rarities include King Eider in Shetland, Wilson's Snipe on Scilly, Lesser Scaup on Benbecula, Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus and still good numbers of both Cattle Egrets and Great White Egrets across the southern half of the country. |
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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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| Wednesday 16th January 2008 | ||
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| Pembrokeshire provided the hot news today - the Pacific Diver returned
to Llys-y-Fran Reservoir, having previously spent the majority of February and
March 2007 at the site.
Lingering rarities included the White-crowned Sparrow in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, and several Cattle Egrets in southwest England. In Co Cork a Glossy Ibis flew over Youghal and in Co Clare another Cattle Egret was reported, this time near Kilshanny. |
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| Tuesday 15th January 2008 | ||
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| Two Nearctic gulls were located today - an adult Bonaparte's Gull at
Ogmore-by-Sea, Glamorgan and an adult Laughing Gull at Bideford, Devon.
The adult White-crowed Sparrow continued to attract a steady stream of birders to Cley, Norfolk and elsewhere at least twenty Cattle Egrets were dotted around the country. Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers remained at Beachy Head, East Sussex and Cot Valley, Cornwall, the Lesser Yellowlegs was still in Angus and a King Eider continued to linger off the Aberdeenshire coastline. In Ireland the American Buff-bellied Pipit was still at Red Barn, Co Cork. |
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| Monday 14th January 2008 | ||
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| Once again the adult White-crowned Sparrow in Cley, Norfolk was the
star attraction. East Anglia also produced Richard's Pipit, Lesser
Yellowlegs, Great White Egret, several Black Brants, both
Ross's and Lesser Snow Geese, Taiga and Tundra Bean Geese,
Great Grey Shrike and a Waxwing.
Elsewhere Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers remained on show in Cot Valley, Cornwall and on Beachy Head, East Sussex, a Red-breasted Goose was again at West Wittering, West Sussex, the first-winter drake King Eider was still off Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire and at least twenty six Cattle Egrets were noted. |
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| Sunday 13th January 2008 | ||
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| An adult Franklin's Gull spent a few minutes at Torr Reservoir,
Somerset, but flew off towards Chew Valley Lake. The adult White-crowned Sparrow remained in Cley, and, elsewhere in Norfolk, at least two Ross's Geese were seen, along with a Lesser Snow Goose, Richard's Pipit and Waxwing. Other lingering rarities included King Eider, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Scaup in Scotland, and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in Cornwall and Sussex, Wilson's Snipe on Scilly and White-tailed Eagle in Hampshire. |
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| Saturday 12th January 2008 | ||
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| The continued presence of the adult White-crowned Sparrow at Cley
enabled most of the weekend birders to connect today. Other rarities included the White-tailed Eagle in Hampshire, Lesser Scaups in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Western Isles, Glossy Ibis in Lancashire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus, two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers on the south coast and a new White-billed Diver on Shetland. |
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| Friday 11th January 2008 | ||
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| The adult White-crowned Sparrow at Cley, Norfolk, was still present,
and still attracting large crowds. Other birds in the county include both
Snow Geese and Ross's Geese, Black Brant, Waxwing, several Lapland
Buntings, Richard's Pipit and Great Grey Shrike. Other rarities today included Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, King Eiders in Aberdeenshire and on Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus, Spotted Sandpiper in Forth, Lesser Scaups on Western Isles and in Oxfordshire and around 21 Cattle Egrets. |
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| Thursday 10th January 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was once again the White-crowned Sparrow,
which remained faithful to its favoured garden in Cley, Norfolk. Elsewhere
rarities came in the form of a Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in East
Sussex, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Lesser Scaups in
Somerset, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Western Isles, King Eider in
Aberdeenshire and of course, Cattle Egrets galore.
Birders twitching the White-crowned Sparrow were spoilt for choice when picking a supporting cast - Ross's and Lesser Snow Geese, Waxwing, Black Brants, Richard's Pipit, Tundra Bean Goose, Great Grey Shrike and an approachable flock of Lapland Buntings were all available in Norfolk today. |
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| Wednesday 9th January 2008 | ||
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| The adult White-crowned Sparrow continued to grab the headlines - the
bird again spent the day visiting a seeded driveway in Cley village, Norfolk.
A Lesser Scaup in Somerset at Cheddar Reservoir was a new discovery, but a Temminck's Stint at Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire, was more than likely the bird that also spent last winter on the reserve. Cattle Egrets continued to linger in excellent numbers - at least twenty six were reported today. In Oxfordshire the Lesser Scaup was still at Sutton Courtenay, the Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler remained on Beachy Head and the White-tailed Eagle made another appearance in Hampshire. A probable Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll was seen briefly in a Wick garden, Highland. |
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| Tuesday 8th January 2008 | ||
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| Once again, the White-crowned Sparrow at Cley, Norfolk proved to be the highlight of the day. The bird continued to show well at intervals along a seeded driveway in the village. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in East Sussex, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Forth, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Derry, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Angus and Suffolk, Lesser Scaups in both Warwickshire and the Western Isles and Great White Egrets in both Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. The Coues's Arctic Redpoll or Common Redpoll remained in the West Midlands. Cattle Egret reports concerned four in Cornwall, two each in Devon and East Sussex and singles in Cheshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Hampshire. |
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