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| A male Siberian Stonechat at Bevercotes, Nottinghamshire, this
afternoon is an excellent record. Inland birds are rare enough, but one inland
in mid December is unprecedented. A white morph Gyr is also noteworthy,
although it didn't linger as it flew over farmland near Port Eynon, Glamorgan.
Long staying rarities included the Brown Shrike in Surrey, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, three Penduline Tits in Kent, three Glossy Ibises in Somerset with another in Worcestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, single Spotted Sandpipers in Devon, Hampshire, Essex and Forth and Red-breasted Goose in Devon. |
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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 December 2009 | ||
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| Rarities headlines included the Brown Shrike in Surrey, Black Duck
on Isles of Scilly, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Penduline Tits
in Kent, Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher
in Cumbria, Spotted Sandpipers in Devon and Forth and Glossy Ibis
in Kent.
Two Cattle Egrets remained in Hampshire and Great White Egrets were logged in Merseyside, Warwickshire and Suffolk. Ireland hosted both a Lesser Scaup and Forster's Tern in Co Galway and a Cattle Egret in Co Cork. |
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| Tuesday 15th December 2009 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Spotted Sandpiper in Devon and Forth,
Lesser Yellowlegs and Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Ferruginous
Ducks in Dorset and West Yorkshire, Glossy Ibis in Worcestershire and
Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria.
Great White Egrets were logged in Warwickshire, Northamptonshire (2) and Lancashire. In Norfolk the Greater Snow Goose remained near Titchwell and in London a Serin lingered at Rainham Marshes RSPB. |
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| Monday 14th December 2009 | ||
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| New rarities today included a drake Lesser Scaup at Lough Sheelin,
County Cavan, a Richardson's Canada Goose on Tiree, Argyll and Great
White Egrets in Staffordshire and Angus.
Long staying rarities included the Brown Shrike in Surrey for its 65th day, Penduline Tit again in Kent, Red-breasted Goose and Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Glossy Ibises in Kent (2), Somerset (3), County Wexford and Worcestershire, Ferruginous Ducks in Dorset, Somerset and Yorkshire and Cattle Egrets in Kent and Somerset (3). |
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| Sunday 13th December 2009 | ||
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| New rarities came only in the form of two Cattle Egrets near Saltash
in Cornwall, and a second Great White Egret at Pitsford Reservoir in
Northamptonshire. These brought totals today of six Cattle Egrets (the others
being in Somerset (3) and Kent) and nine Great White Egrets (the 2 at Pitsford,
plus 2 in Warwickshire, 2 in Cumbria and singles in Merseyside, Kent and
Somerset).
Other long stayers included the Brown Shrike in Surrey, the Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Spotted Sandpipers in Hampshire, Devon, Essex and Forth, Glossy Ibises in Kent (2), Somerset (3), Worcestershire and County Wexford, Ferruginous Ducks in Dorset, Yorkshire and Somerset and the Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin. The American Wigeon was again at Welney in Norfolk and the two Serins were seen again at Rainham Marsh in London. There was an unusual inland record was of three Velvet Scoters on Farmoor reservoir in Oxfordshire. |
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| Saturday 12th December 2009 | ||
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| With new rarities including just a Great White Egret in Cambridgeshire
and late news of a White-billed Diver on Shetland, yesterday, it was down
to long staying rarities to provide the highlights. The Long-billed Dowitcher
reappeared at Port Carlisle, Cumbria, whilst the Brown Shrike remained on
view in Surrey, as did the King Eider in Moray, Spotted Sandpipers
in Essex and Devon, Glossy Ibises in Kent (2), Somerset (3) and
Worcestershire, Ferruginous Ducks in Somerset and Dorset and Cattle
Egrets in Somerset (3) and Kent.
Scarcities included a Balearic Shearwater, Richard's Pipit, Green-winged Teal, two Great Grey Shrikes, Surf Scoter, and Ring-necked Duck. |
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| Friday 11th December 2009 | ||
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| Today was a quiet December day with no new rarities found. The Black Duck
was again seen on the Abbey Pool on Tresco, Isles of Scilly, whilst in Surrey
the long staying Brown Shrike could still be found at Staines Moor.
Other long stayers included Spotted Sandpipers in Essex, Devon and Forth, Glossy Ibises in Kent (2) and Worcestershire, Ferruginous Ducks in West Yorkshire and Dorset, a Great White Egret in Kent and a Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian. Ring-necked Ducks were still to be found in Ceredigion and Buckinghamshire, two Ring-billed Gulls and three Iceland Gulls were reported, and there was a good scattering of Great Northern Divers and Black Redstarts in southern counties. |
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| Thursday 10th December 2009 | ||
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| A drake Black Duck was found on the Isles of Scilly early morning,
being flushed around Tresco for a couple of hours before finally flying towards
Samson. A Yellow-browed Warbler was also on Tresco, with another still in
Glamorgan.
Elsewhere, lingering rarities included the Brown Shrike for its 61st day in Surrey, the King Eider at Burghead, Moray, the Blue-winged Teal at North Bull, County Dublin, single Spotted Sandpipers in Essex, Devon, Hampshire and Forth, single Ferruginous Ducks in Dorset and Yorkshire, the Glossy Ibis in Worcestershire with another two in Kent, the Cattle Egret in Kent, single Great White Egrets in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire and the Red-breasted Goose in Devon. Scarcities logged included nine Spoonbills, four Snow Geese, Green-winged Teal, Surf Scoter, Rough-legged Buzzard, Grey Phalarope, Pomarine Skua, Ring-billed Gull, two Caspian Gulls, two Shorelarks, four Great Grey Shrikes and a Rose-coloured Starling. Late Whinchats remained in Warwickshire and Suffolk. |
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| Wednesday 9th December 2009 | ||
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| Lingering rarities provided today's headlines - the Brown Shrike
(Surrey), Pacific Diver (Cornwall), four Spotted Sandpipers
(Essex, Forth, Hampshire and Devon), Red-breasted Goose (Devon),
Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan), two Ferruginous Ducks (West Yorkshire and
Dorset), Lesser Yellowlegs and Baird's Sandpiper (Lothian) all
remained on show.
Five Glossy Ibises, three Great White Egrets and two Cattle Egrets were logged, the Yellow-browed Warbler lingered in Glamorgan and Rose-coloured Starlings were still in Oxfordshire and Cumbria. |
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| Tuesday 8th December 2009 | ||
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| In Orkney a grey morph Gyr flew in off the sea near Stromness,
Mainland this morning.
Elsewhere lingering rarities included Brown Shrike in Surrey, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpipers in Essex, Hampshire and Devon, Baird's Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, Ferruginous Ducks in West Yorkshire and Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and King Eider in Moray. Glossy Ibises lingered in Somerset (3) and Kent (2), three Cattle Egrets were in Somerset and Great White Egrets remained in Fife, Norfolk and Kent. The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starlings in Cumbria and Oxfordshire, Yellow-browed Warbler in Glamorgan and Ring-necked Duck in Ceredigion. |
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