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| Friday 22nd January 2010 | ||
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| In County Galway, the identification of the
juvenile gull at Cleggan has finally settled on Thayer's Gull,
potentially the seventh for Ireland and first for County Galway. Wintering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Little Bunting in Highland, Gyr in Argyll and Black Kite in Powys, whilst scarcities included four Green-winged Teals, three each of Cattle Egret, Great White Egret and Ring-necked Duck and single American Wigeon and Surf Scoter. |
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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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| Thursday 21st January 2010 | ||
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| Long staying rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush at
Newholm, Yorkshire, Little Bunting at Dunnet, Highland, Bonaparte's
Gull at Traeth Lligwy, Anglesey, Lesser Scaup at Cardiff, Glamorgan
and three Glossy Ibises at Catcott Lows, Somerset.
Scarcities included five Great White Egrets, three Cattle Egrets, seven Spoonbills, three Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, three Black Brants, a Greater Snow Goose, a Rough-legged Buzzard, at least six Glaucous Gulls, two Iceland Gulls, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, eight Caspian Gulls, five Great Grey Shrikes, a Shorelark and three Lapland Buntings. |
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| Wednesday 20th January 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Black Duck on the Isles of Scilly,
Forster's Tern in County Galway, three Glossy Ibises together in Somerset and the Little Bunting in Highland. Scarcities included four each of both Great White Egret and Shorelark, three each of Cattle Egret, Great Grey Shrike, Glaucous Gull and Caspian Gull, two each of Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal and Iceland Gull and single Greater Snow Goose (Norfolk), Surf Scoter (Devon), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Lapland Bunting (Nottinghamshire), Grey Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Balearic Shearwater (Dorset), Black Brant (Norfolk) and Waxwing (County Down). Significant late news was received of a Black-throated Thrush present in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire on 12th January, making at total of five Black-throated Thrushes discovered in the five day period 8th-12th January (Glamorgan, Somerset, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Buckinghamshire) - doubtless a direct result of the harsh weather conditions at that time. |
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| Tuesday 19th January 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a juvenile American Herring Gull in County Galway at Cleggan. Other rarities today comprised the
Black-throated Thrush still in North Yorkshire and the Little Bunting still in Highland. Scarcities included five Great White Egrets, four Balearic Shearwaters, three each of Black Brant and Shorelark, two each of Cattle Egret, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal and Waxwing and single Surf Scoter, Rough-legged Buzzard, Great Grey Shrike, Waxwing and Black Brant, whilst gull tallies included eight Ring-billed, four each of Glaucous and Caspian and three Iceland. |
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| Monday 18th January 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire with other rarities including the
American Herring Gull and Forster's Tern still together in County Galway,
Black Duck on the Isles of Scilly, Black Kite in Powys, Bonaparte's Gull
on Anglesey, Penduline Tit in Kent, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon,
Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, King Eider in Moray, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll,
Little Bunting in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk and Hooded Merganser in Cleveland. Scarcities included 14 Caspian Gulls, seven each of Great White Egret and Green-winged Teal, six Iceland Gulls, five Ring-billed Gulls, four Shorelarks, three each of Ring-necked Duck, Lapland Bunting and Glaucous Gull, two Great Grey Shrikes and single Surf Scoter (Devon), Night Heron (North Yorkshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Cleveland), Greater Snow Goose and Black Brant (both Norfolk). |
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| Sunday 17th January 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities came in the form of the Black-throated Thrush in
North Yorkshire, Black Kite in Powys, Glossy Ibises in Somerset,
Little Bunting in Highland, Gyrs in Argyll and Sligo and
Bonaparte's Gulls on Anglesey and in Co Cork. Rare wildfowl included
Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk and Co Armagh, Lesser Scaup in
Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Hooded Merganser in
Cleveland and in Co Donegal the American Eider remained off Fanad Head.
Elsewhere highlights included Serin in London, at least seven Great White Egrets and two Cattle Egrets. |
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| Saturday 16th January 2010 | ||
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| A probable American Bittern was seen briefly this evening at Marton
Mere LNR, Lancashire as it flew to roost with a Bittern. The last twitchable
American Bittern was at the same site back in 1991, so, if confirmed and
lingers, it would prove very popular.
A white morph Gyr was on Islay, Argyll, for at least its second day, with other rarities confirmed as present today including Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Anglesey, American Herring Gull and Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Kite in Powys, King Eider in Moray, Little Bunting in Highland and three Glossy Ibises in Somerset. |
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| Friday 15th January 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included the Black-throated Thrush in North
Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper in
Devon, Pallid Harrier in Cornwall, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan,
Bonaparte's Gull on Anglesey and Little Bunting in Highland. In Co
Galway the adult American Herring Gull returned to Nimmo's Pier.
Elsewhere three Great White Egrets, two Cattle Egrets, two Ring-necked Ducks, two Surf Scoters and a Serin provided the rest of the day's action. |
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| Thursday 14th January 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an adult Bonaparte's Gull in Lligwy Bay, Anglesey, where it remained until dusk. Elsewhere, the
Black-throated Thrush remained in North Yorkshire as did the Spotted Sandpiper in Devon,
Little Bunting in Highland and Ferruginous Duck in County Armagh. Scarcities recorded today comprised six each of Glaucous Gull and Balearic Shearwater, four each of Ring-billed Gull and Iceland Gull, three each of Ring-necked Duck and Waxwing, two Cattle Egrets, Green-winged Teals and Caspian Gulls and singles of Serin (London), Great White Egret (Aberdeenshire), Lesser Snow Goose (County Donegal), Great Grey Shrike (Warwickshire) and Shorelark (Flintshire). |
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| Wednesday 13th January 2010 | ||
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| In North Yorkshire, the female Black-throated Thrush continued to
visit a garden in Newholm, near Whitby. In Cornwall, the juvenile Pallid
Harrier was seen again as it went to roost at Men-an-Tol, but it wasn't seen
during the day. Other lingering rarities included the American Eider in
County Donegal and Little Bunting in Highland.
Scarcities seen today included a Kumlien's Gull in Northamptonshire, Ring-necked Ducks in Cornwall and Yorkshire, Green-winged Teal in Hampshire, Waxwings in Lancashire, Norfolk and Orkney, Snow Goose in Cumbria, Iceland Gulls in Cheshire, County Fermanagh and Argyll, Ring-billed Gull in Hampshire, Todd's Canada Goose in Gloucestershire, Great White Egret in Cambridgeshire, Cattle Egret in Cornwall and a Lapland Bunting in London. |
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