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| Thursday 24th January 2013 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included American Buff-bellied Pipit in Berkshire,
Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk,
Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Glossy Ibis in Co Cork,
Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Long-billed Dowitchers in
Pembrokeshire and Co Wexford and Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Somerset.
The Pallas's Warbler on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, Rose-coloured Starling in Devon, Lesser Snow Goose in Lancashire and Todd's Canada Goose in Dumfries & Galloway were the best of the rest. |
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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 23rd January 2013 | ||
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| A White-billed Diver off the Isle of May, Fife, was the only new
rarity discovered today. Lingering rarities included a single American
Buff-bellied Pipit in Berkshire, Western Subalpine Warbler in
Cornwall, Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk, Desert Wheatear
in Aberdeenshire, Blue-winged Teal in Dumfries and Galloway and single
Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Somerset.
Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Pallas's Warbler, two Yellow-browed Warblers, a Shorelark, two Great Grey Shrikes, an American Wigeon, a Surf Scoter, three Ring-necked Ducks, four Green-winged Teals, five Tundra Bean Geese, a Kumlien's Gull, three Ring-billed Gulls, five Glaucous Gulls, six Iceland Gulls, 12 Caspian Gulls and 48 Lapland Buntings. |
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| Tuesday 22nd January 2013 | ||
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| Lingering rarities consisted of the American Buff-bellied Pipits in
Berkshire, Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, Black-bellied Dipper
in Norfolk, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Blue-winged Teal in
Dumfries and Galloway, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford and
Lesser Scaup in Somerset.
Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Shorelark, a Kumlien's Gull, two Great Grey Shrikes, four Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, six Ring-billed Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls, six Iceland Gulls, ten Caspian Gulls, nine Lapland Buntings and 11 Tundra Bean Geese. |
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| Monday 21st January 2013 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included American Buff-bellied Pipit in Berkshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Lesser Scaups in Somerset and
Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Co Wexford, Black-bellied Dipper
in Norfolk, Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall and Desert Wheatear
in Aberdeenshire.
The best of the rest included Ring-necked Duck in Somerset, Pallas's Warbler on the Berkshire/ Hampshire border and Rose-coloured Starling in Devon. |
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| Sunday 20th January 2013 | ||
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| A new Forster's Tern (a first-winter) at Lady's Island Lake, County
Wexford was an excellent find, but was a frustrating near miss for British
birders. The last twitchable English record was back in 2002, the 11-day stayer
on the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, with one a few weeks later in Argyll for 4 days
in early 2003. All of the other 18 British records occurred between 1980 and 2001,
which makes the current 9-year drought all the more bewildering.
A White-billed Diver in South Nesting Bay, Shetland was a more standard new discovery, whilst lingering rarities include both American Buff-bellied Pipits in Berkshire, Black-bellied Dipper in Thetford, Norfolk, Desert Wheatear at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, Western Subalpine Warbler in St Just, Cornwall, Northern Harrier at Tacumshin, County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher on the Gann Estuary and Glossy Ibis at Marloes Mere, both Pembrokeshire, another Long-billed Dowitcher at Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs near Plymouth, Devon, Bonaparte's Gull on the Ogmore Estuary, Glamorgan and single Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Somerset. |
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| Saturday 19th January 2013 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the American Coot in County Galway, two
American Buff-bellied Pipits in Berkshire, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire,
Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan,
Lesser Scaups in both County Clare and Somerset, Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire, and
Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Berkshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Cattle Egret (County Donegal), Rough-legged Buzzard (three in Norfolk), Snow Goose (County Donegal and Lancashire), Ring-necked Duck (County Down and Pembrokeshire), Surf Scoter (County Kerry, Pembrokeshire and County Waterford), and Kumlien's Gull (East Yorkshire). |
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| Friday 18th January 2013 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the American Coot in County Galway, two American Buff-bellied Pipits
in Berkshire, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall,
Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Lesser Scaup
in Somerset, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, and Black-bellied Dipper
in Norfolk. Scarcities inclued Pallas's Warbler (Berkshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), American Wigeon (County Leitrim), Ring-necked Duck (County Donegal) and Ring-billed Gull (County Cork, Hampshire, Shetland Isles and West Yorkshire). |
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| Thursday 17th January 2013 | ||
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| Lingering rarities logged today included both American Buff-bellied Pipits
in Berkshire, Desert Wheatear at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire,
Black-bellied Dipper in Thetford, Norfolk, Wester Subalpine Warbler
in St Just, Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Ernesettle Creek, Devon,
King Eider on Whalsay, Shetland, Red-breasted Goose on Islay, Argyll
and single Lesser Scaups at Colliford Lake, Cornwall and Blagdon Lake,
Somerset.
Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Richard's Pipit, a Little Auk, a Kumlien's Gull, a Ring-necked Duck, a Surf Scoter, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Ring-billed Gulls and three Green-winged Teals. |
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| Wednesday 16th January 2013 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an adult male Black Scoter off Black Rock Sands, Gwynedd: only the third record for Wales following
single males at Newgale, Pembrokeshire on 25th December 1991-9th February 1992, and a returning bird at Llanfairfechan, Conwy, present each winter between 10th March 1999 and 9th April 2007. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the two American Buff-bellied Pipits together in Berkshire, Desert Wheatear and King Eider together in Aberdeenshire, a Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk. Notable scarcities included the Pallas's Warbler in Berkshire, new Ring-billed Gulls in both Cornwall and the Shetland Isles, Surf Scoter in Conwy, Cattle Egret still in County Donegal, both Richard's Pipit and Temminck's Stint in Somerset, and single Kumlien's Gulls in Cheshire and East Yorkshire. |
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| Tuesday 15th January 2013 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included the two American Buff-bellied Pipits in
Berkshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in Glamorgan and Co Antrim, Desert
Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Co Wexford and
Pembrokeshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Glossy Ibises in
Hampshire and Pembrokeshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Western
Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall and Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk.
The most noteworthy scarcities included Pallas's Warbler on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, Temminck's Stint and Richard's Pipit in Somerset and Cattle Egret in Co Donegal. |
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