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This page gives you access to all of RBA's daily news summaries (since April 13, 2006), 10 days at a time. The most recent are shown, or you can select a specific date to show (along with the previous 10 days). Prior to April 13, 2006 you can find weekly reviews, located in articles. | |||
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| Sunday 3rd January 2010 | ||
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| A juvenile Black Kite at Gigrin Farm, Powys is an excellent winter record,
being the first ever January sighting of this species in Britain (excluding the wintering Black-eared Kite of 2006/2007). A diver
species, thought to be possibly a Pacific Diver was seen off Titchwell,
Norfolk late afternoon, whilst a dowitcher species, thought to be probably a
Long-billed Dowitcher was seen briefly at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire
briefly early afternoon.
Lingering rarities included Forster's Tern in County Galway, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Glossy Ibises in Worcestershire and Somerset, Spotted Sandpipers in Essex and Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Little Bunting in Highland, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose in Devon and Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, Yorkshire, County Armagh and Staffordshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 2nd January 2010 | ||
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| A drake American Eider, of the form dresseri, was discovered in Glasagh
Bay, County Donegal this morning. This is possibly the first Western Palearctic
record, at a site also well known for records of borealis Northern Eiders.
In Surrey, the Brown Shrike remained at Staines Moor, although it proved very elusive. The Forster's Tern remained at Nimmo's Pier, County Galway, as did the Blue-winged Teal at North Bull Island, County Dublin, single Spotted Sandpipers in Devon and Essex, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Little Bunting in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Glossy Ibises in Somerset (3) and Worcestershire and single Ferruginous Ducks in Yorkshire and Staffordshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 1st January 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the wintering Brown Shrike at Staines Moor, Surrey. Present from 11th October until 17th December, it was widely presumed to have disappeared as a result of the onset of the harsh winter weather, but in fact it remained unseen on site, or at least nearby. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the Forster's Tern still in County Galway, Black Duck on the Isles of Scilly, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Spotted Sandpipers in both Devon and Essex, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, two Richardson's Canada Geese in County Sligo, Glossy Ibises in Somerset (3) and Worcestershire and single Ferruginous Ducks in each of County Armagh, Norfolk, Somerset, Staffordshire and West Yorkshire. Scarcities included eight each of Shorelark and Lapland Bunting, seven each of Ring-necked Duck, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret and Iceland Gull, five Black Brants, three each of Ring-billed Gull and Green-winged Teal, two each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Great Grey Shrike and Caspian Gull and single Little Bunting (Highland), Serin (London), Surf Scoter (Devon), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Kumlien's Gull (Lincolnshire), Glaucous Gull (Derbyshire) and Greater Snow Goose and Waxwing (Norfolk). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 30th December 2009 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised the Black Duck still on the Isles of Scilly,
Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, single
Ferruginous Ducks in both Staffordshire and West Yorkshire, Glossy Ibises in Somerset (3) and Worcestershire, single
Cattle Egrets in both Devon and Somerset and Great White Egrets in Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Scarcities included 20 Lapland Buntings together in Lincolnshire, eight Iceland Gulls, seven each of Ring-necked Duck and Tundra Bean Goose, six Caspian Gulls, five Glaucous Gulls, two Black Brants and single Little Bunting (Highland), Greater Snow Goose (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (Essex) and Great Grey Shrike (Hampshire) whilst in Cornwall Richard's Pipit, Shorelark and Yellow-browed Warbler were all seen. Significant late news concerned a Nutcracker reported briefly in a garden at Hadley, Worcestershire on 28th December but not seen since. However, despite reports of this species on an almost annual basis, the last acceptable Nutcracker in Britain was in 1998. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 26th December 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance - albeit brief - of the elusive
Killdeer in County Wicklow. Lingering rarities recorded elsewhere comprised the Black Duck still on the Isles of Scilly,
Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Spotted Sandpiper
in Essex, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, King Eider in Moray,
Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Ducks in both Norfolk and West Yorkshire,
Glossy Ibis in Worcestershire, Cattle Egrets in County Cork (3) and Devon and single
Great White Egrets in both Hampshire and Kent. Scarcities included eight Ring-billed Gulls, three each of Ring-necked Duck, Iceland Gull and Caspian Gull, two Great Grey Shrikes and single Little Bunting (Highland), Surf Scoter (Devon), Greater Snow Goose (Norfolk), Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Green-winged Teal (Greater Manchester), Yellow-browed Warbler (Somerset) and Lapland Bunting (Lincolnshire). |
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| Friday 25th December 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Killdeer present at Greystones, County Wicklow briefly before flying off north. Elsewhere in Ireland, an
American Herring Gull was discovered at Portrush, County Antrim. Other rarities comprised the Snowy Owl still on the Western Isles, Red-breasted Goose and Cattle Egret still in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, single Ferruginous Ducks in East Sussex, Somerset and West Yorkshire, Glossy Ibis in Worcestershire and single Great White Egrets in both Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. Scarcities were represented by a Little Bunting (Highland), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Yellow-browed Warbler (Somerset), Greater Snow Goose (Norfolk), Ring-necked Duck (West Yorkshire), Green-winged Teal (Greater Manchester) and two Lapland Buntings (together in East Yorkshire) whilst scarce gull totals included three each of both Ring-billed and Iceland and two Caspian. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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