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| Friday 5th February 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation from Ireland of the continued presence of the
Thayer's Gull in County Galway, the Bonaparte's Gull in County Cork and the
American Eider in County Donegal. Lingering rarities elsewhere comprised the
Black-throated Thrush still in North Yorkshire, Black Kite in Powys,
Little Bunting in Highland, three Glossy Ibises together in Somerset and single
Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Glamorgan. Scarcities included 13 Tundra Bean Geese in Suffolk, six Shorelarks, five each of Cattle Egret and Great White Egret, four Great Grey Shrikes, three Green-winged Teals, two each of Surf Scoter, Snow Goose, Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-necked Duck and Lapland Bunting and single Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria) and Black Brant (Lincolnshire). Notable gulls comprised six each of Glaucous and Iceland and single Ring-billed (County Kerry) and Caspian (Cheshire). Significant late news concerned a Short-toed Treecreeper that was present near Dover, Kent on 1st-2nd February but has not been seen since. |
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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 4th February 2010 | ||
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| In a near perfect repeat of yesterday, the lingering rarities seen today
included Thayer's Gull and Forster's Tern in County Galway,
Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Cork,
Black Kite in Powys, Little Bunting in Highland, King Eider
in Moray, Spotted Sandpiper and Red-breasted Goose in Devon and
Lesser Scaup in Cornwall.
Scarcities included a Surf Scoter, Ring-necked Duck, two Rough-legged Buzzards, four Great White Egrets, two Cattle Egrets, six Ring-billed Gulls, 15 Waxwings, a Rose-coloured Starling, and a Great Grey Shrike. |
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| Wednesday 3rd February 2010 | ||
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| Long staying rarities seen today included Thayer's Gull in County
Galway, Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in
County Cork, Gyr on Orkney, Black Kite in Powys, Little Bunting
in Highland, King Eider in Moray, Glossy Ibis in County
Wexford and Spotted Sandpiper in Devon.
The best of the scarcities were at least three Rough-legged Buzzards in Norfolk, Surf Scoters in Devon and Orkney, Shorelark in Greater Manchester, Waxwing in Lancashire, two White Storks in London and a Rose-coloured Starling in Cumbria. |
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| Tuesday 2nd February 2010 | ||
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| There were no new rarities found today, and Ireland held the better of the
long staying rarities with the Thayer's Gull remaining in County Galway,
the Bonaparte's Gull in County Cork and the Glossy Ibis in County
Wexford. On mainland UK, the Spotted Sandpiper was reported again in
Devon and the Little Bunting was still in gardens at Dunnet in Highland.
The American Wigeon was still to be found at Castle Loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Ring-necked Ducks were at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, at Whitlingham near Norwich in Norfolk and at Foxcote Reservoir in Buckinghamshire. The Rose-coloured Starling was still at Kendal in Cumbria and in South Wales the Great White Egret again came in to roost at Hendre Lake in Glamorgan, with the only other Great White Egret reported being at Pymoor in Cambridgeshire. At least one Cattle Egret was still in Cornwall and Ring-billed Gulls could be found in Hampshire and County Kerry, with two in County Limerick. |
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| Monday 1st February 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Thayer's Gull and Forster's Tern in
Co Galway, Black Kite in Powys, Gyr in Argyll, King Eider
in Moray, Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup
in Cornwall and Little Bunting in Highland. In Co Cork a Bonaparte's
Gull was discovered at Baltimore.
Three Great White Egrets, five Cattle Egrets, four Ring-necked Ducks, two Green-winged Teals, three Surf Scoters and a Rose-coloured Starling were also reported. |
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| Sunday 31st January 2010 | ||
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| In County Galway, the juvenile Thayer's Gull was once again present on
Ross Beach, with the Forster's Tern also still in the county at Claddagh
Beach. The Black-throated Thrush continued to visit the garden at Newholm,
Yorkshire, whilst other lingering rarities seen today included Lesser Scaup
in Glamorgan, Little Bunting in Highland, Black Kite in Powys and
single Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll and County Sligo.
Scarcities recorded included four Great White Egrets, five Cattle Egrets, six Snow Geese, two Black Brants, three Surf Scoters, American Wigeon, six Green-winged Teals, six Ring-necked Ducks, four Rough-legged Buzzards, 15 Ring-billed Gulls, seven Caspian Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls, nine Iceland Gulls, nine Shorelarks, two Waxwings, seven Great Grey Shrikes, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Serins and three Lapland Buntings. |
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| Saturday 30th January 2010 | ||
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| The first Pacific Diver for Ireland was discovered in County Galway
today, an adult seen off Rinville Point, Oranmore. The county also continues to
hold Thayer's Gull at Letterfrack and Forster's Tern on Claddagh
Beach.
Wintering rarities still present today included the Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Black Kite in Powys, Gyr and Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, King Eider in Moray, Little Bunting in Highland, Bonaparte's Gull in Anglesey, three Glossy Ibises in Somerset, single Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Glamorgan and a female Ferruginous Duck is present at Fairburn Ings, Yorkshire for its third day. A probable American Robin was seen briefly in Skelton, Cleveland this afternoon. |
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| Friday 29th January 2010 | ||
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| An adult Bonaparte's Gull was discovered on the South Gare (Cleveland)
this afternoon, whilst on Anglesey the adult Bonaparte's Gull lingered at
Traeth Lligwy. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Black Kite in Powys,
Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Thayer's Gull and
Forster's Tern in Co Galway, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Glossy
Ibises in Somerset and Little Bunting in Highland.
The best of the rest came in the form of Ring-necked Ducks in Lancashire, Norfolk and Co Donegal, American Wigeons in Lancashire and Dumfries & Galloway, Green-winged Teals in Leicestershire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Lancashire and Co Clare, Great White Egrets in Glamorgan and Cambridgeshire and Cattle Egrets in Cornwall (3) and Devon. |
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| Thursday 28th January 2010 | ||
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| As yesterday, today was about long staying rarities: In Ireland, the
Thayer's Gull was seen again at Ross Beach in County Galway and both the
Forster's Tern and American Herring Gull were still to be found at
Nimmo's Pier. Elsewhere, the Black-throated Thrush was still near Whitby
in Yorkshire, the Lesser Scaup was still to be found at Dozmary Pool in
Cornwall and the Bonaparte's Gull was still at Traeth Ligwy on Anglesey.
In Highland, the Little Bunting continued to frequent gardens at Dunnet
and, in Wales, the Black Kite could again be found at Gigrin Farm.
Amongst non-rarities, American Wigeon were reported in Dumfries & Galloway today and belatedly from Inverness in Highland yesterday. The Snow Goose was still with Pinkfeet in north Norfolk. Five Cattle Egrets were all in Cornwall but the six Great White Egrets were spread across six different counties. Thirteen Tundra Bean Geese were reported at five sites and four Great Grey Shrikes were seen. There were half a dozen Glaucous Gulls around the country and four Iceland Gulls. |
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| Wednesday 27th January 2010 | ||
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| The only new rarity today was a belated report of a Penduline Tit seen on Monday at Grove Ferry in east Kent. Otherwise, today was all about 'long staying' rarities: The female Black-throated Thrush remained near Whitby in North Yorkshire, whilst the Bonaparte's Gull was seen again at Traeth Lligwy in Anglesey and elsewhere in Wales, the Black Kite was still at Gigrin in Powys. In Cornwall the Lesser Scaup remained on Dozmary Pool whilst the Spotted Sandpiper could still be found on the Exe Estuary in Devon and, at the other end of the country, the Little Bunting was still visiting gardens at Dunnet in Highland, the King Eider was still at Burghead in Moray and the Black-bellied Dipper was still on Mainland Shetland. | ||
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