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| Saturday 25th January 2014 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Hume's Yellow-browed
Warbler at Coleshill, Warwickshire. Predictably, this is a first for the
county, and only the second for the West Midlands area, following one at
Westport Lake, Staffordshire on 20th December 1994.
Lingering rarities still present today included the American Coot in Highland, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Pacific Diver in County Tyrone, Ross's Gull in County Dublin, Laughing Gull in County Cork, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Wexford, two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in Kent, two King Eiders in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Lesser Yellowlegs and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and single Lesser Scaups in Cornwall, Glamorgan and Staffordshire. Two-barred Crossbills were in Shropshire (three), Yorkshire (seven) and Gloucestershire (11). |
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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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| Friday 24th January 2014 | ||
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| Long staying rarities still present today included the American Coot
in Highland, Pacific Diver in County Tyrone, Ross's Gull in County
Dublin, Ivory Gull and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County
Wexford, Laughing Gull in County Cork, American Buff-bellied Pipit
in Cheshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs
and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon and
Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire.
Scarcities comprised a Pallas's Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Grey Phalarope, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Ring-necked Ducks, two Surf Scoters, two Shorelarks, four Kumlien's Gulls, six Great Grey Shrikes, six Parrot Crossbills and nine Glossy Ibises. |
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| Thursday 23rd January 2014 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included American Coot in Highland, Pacific Diver in Co
Tyrone, Lesser Yellowlegs and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire,
Laughing Gull in Co Cork, Bonaparte's Gull in
Devon, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in
Kent, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire and Cornwall and Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire
(15) and South Yorkshire (1+).
The best of the rest included 12 Glossy Ibises, at least three Parrot Crossbills, Rose-coloured Starling in Scilly and Yellow-browed Warblers in Scilly and Devon. |
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| Wednesday 22nd January 2014 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a white morph Gyr seen briefly near Reiss, Highland.
Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American Coot
in Highland, Pacific Diver in County Tyrone, Pied-billed Grebe and
Lesser Scaup on the Western Isles, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire,
Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, 15 Two-barred Crossbills together in Gloucestershire,
Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Lothian, Lesser Yellowlegs
and Ferruginous Duck both in Hampshire, and Lesser Scaup in both Cornwall and Staffordshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Snow Goose (County Kerry), two Ring-necked Ducks, three each of both Yellow-browed Warbler and Surf Scoter, 13 Glossy Ibises, and 14 Parrot Crossbills. Notable gulls comprised 22 Glaucous, 16 Iceland, 10 Caspian, five Kumlien's and three Ring-billed. |
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| Tuesday 21st January 2014 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were both the American Coot
and King Eider in Highland, Pacific Diver in County Tyrone,
American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Ivory Gull and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Wexford,
Laughing Gull in County Cork, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Scaup in both Cornwall and Staffordshire, and
Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (11) and South Yorkshire (7). Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), American Wigeon (Highland), Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two Shorelarks, three Ring-necked Ducks, nine Glossy Ibises and 14 Parrot Crossbills (together in Nottinghamshire). Notable gulls included 18 Glaucous, 15 Iceland, three each of both Ring-billed and Caspian, and one Kumlien's. |
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| Monday 20th January 2014 | ||
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| Today's rarities included American Coot (Highland), two Hume's
Yellow-browed Warblers (Kent), Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser
Yellowlegs and Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire), Lesser Scaup
(Western Isles, Glamorgan and Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull (Devon), 18
Two-barred Crossbills (15 in Gloucestershire and 3 in Shropshire) and
American Buff-bellied Pipit (Cheshire).
In Ireland the Pacific Diver (Co Tyrone), Ivory Gull and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull (Co Wexford), Forster's Tern and King Eider (Co Mayo), Laughing Gull (Co Cork) and Lesser Scaup (Co Galway) were all logged. The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), Cattle Egret and Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), five Parrot Crossbills and 16 Glossy Ibises. |
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| Sunday 19th January 2014 | ||
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| In Ireland a Pacific Diver (Co Tyrone), King Eiders (Co Mayo
and Co Cork), Laughing Gull (Co Cork), Forster's Tern, Spotted
Sandpiper and Black Duck (Co Mayo) and Ivory Gull and
Azorean Yellow-legged Gull (Co Wexford) were all logged today, whilst a
Gyr was in Co Kerry yesterday.
Elsewhere lingering rarities included American Coot (Highland), American Buff-bellied Pipit (Cheshire), Lesser Scaup (Staffordshire, Glamorgan and Cornwall), two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers (Kent), Bonaparte's Gull and White-billed Diver (Devon), Lesser Yellowlegs (Hampshire), at least 18 Two-barred Crossbills (10+ in Gloucestershire, 7 in South Yorkshire and a single bird in Shropshire), Thayer's Gull (Glamorgan), Marsh Sandpiper (Western Isles) and King Eider (Lothian). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), at least two Yellow-browed Warblers, 17 Glossy Ibises and 26 Parrot Crossbills. |
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| Saturday 18th January 2014 | ||
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| Today's two headline finds both came from the west: a Laughing Gull
was found at Ballycotton in County Cork and a drake Blue-winged Teal was
found on Mainland Orkney. A Black-bellied Dipper was at Castle Eden Dene
in County Durham.
The American Coot remained at Loch Flemington in Highland, the Ivory Gull was still at Tacumshin in County Wexford and the American Buff-bellied Pipit remained at Burton Marsh in Cheshire. Other lingering rarities included the White-billed Diver in Devon, Forster's Tern in County Mayo, Thayer's Gull in Glamorgan, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, seven Two-barred Crossbills in Yorkshire, Lesser Scaups in Staffordshire, Highland, Cornwall and Western Isles and King Eiders in Lothian and Highland. Glossy Ibises totalled sixteen whilst large gulls totalled 5 Kumlien's, 26 Glaucous and about 27 Icelands. |
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| Friday 17th January 2014 | ||
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| Rarities today were headlined by the continued presence of both American Coot and
King Eider in Moray, Ivory Gull in County Wexford, Forster's Tern
and King Eider in County Mayo, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, King Eider in Fife, White-billed Diver in Devon, seven
Two-barred Crossbills together in South Yorkshire, and Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Staffordshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), two each of Ring-necked Duck, Cattle Egret and Shorelark, three Parrot Crossbills, four each of Yellow-browed Warbler and Snow Goose, and a total of 15 Glossy Ibises scattered across 12 counties. Notable gulls were presented by 30 Glaucous, 12 Caspian, 10 Iceland, and two each of both Ring-billed and Kumlien's. |
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| Thursday 16th January 2014 | ||
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| A first-winter Forster's Tern was discovered at Elly on The Mullet,
County Mayo, and a female King Eider was located at Ruddons Point, Fife.
Lingering rarities still present today included the American Coot, King Eider and Lesser Scaup in Highland, Ivory Gull in County Wexford, Ross's Gull in County Dublin, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Lesser Scaups in Staffordshire and Glamorgan, White-billed Diver in Devon and six Two-barred Crossbills in Yorkshire. |
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