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| Tuesday 18th March 2014 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included just the American Coot in
Highland, Pied-billed Grebe on the Western Isles, Long-billed
Dowitcher in Hampshire, King Eider in Fife and Two-barred
Crossbills in Gloucestershire, Surrey (two) and Yorkshire (six). The
Great Spotted Cuckoo in Pembrokeshire was reported mid morning briefly, with
no sign of it afterwards.
Scarcity highlights included a Night Heron, a Richard's Pipit, three Hoopoes, a Yellow-browed Warbler and eight Great Grey Shrikes. A Common Tern was at Attenborough NR, Nottinghamshire. |
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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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| Monday 17th March 2014 | ||
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| Rarities highlights included Great Spotted Cuckoo in Pembrokeshire,
Dusky Warbler in West Midlands, King Eiders in Lothian, Shetland and Co
Donegal, American Coot in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher in
Highland and Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (5+), South
Yorkshire (5), Lincolnshire and
Surrey.
Elsewhere three Glossy Ibises (Nottinghamshire [2] and Orkney), Hoopoe (Cornwall), Night Heron (Isles of Scilly) and Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire). |
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| Sunday 16th March 2014 | ||
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| Long staying rarities seen today included the Great Spotted Cuckoo in
Pembrokeshire, American Coot in Highland, Coues's Arctic Redpoll
in Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs in
Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, King Eider in Lothian
and Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo. Two-barred Crossbills
were in Shropshire (four), Gloucestershire (three), Yorkshire (three), Surrey
(two), Lincolnshire and Kent.
Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, two Hoopoes and two Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Saturday 15th March 2014 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Great Spotted Cuckoo
in Pembrokeshire, American Coot and Black Duck in Highland,
American Herring Gull in Argyll, Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser
Yellowlegs in Hampshire, single King Eiders in County Cork and
Shetland, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, Red-breasted Goose in
Dumfries and Galloway (together with the colour-ringed individual) and
Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (14), Yorkshire (five),
Lincolnshire and Surrey.
Single Hoopoes were in Cornwall and Dumfries and Galloway, whilst commoner migrants included eight Garganey, a Cuckoo, an Osprey, a Ring Ouzel, a Garden Warbler and three Yellow Wagtails. |
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| Friday 14th March 2014 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Great Spotted Cuckoo in Pembrokeshire,
American Coot and Black Duck in Highland, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent,
American Herring Gull in Argyll and Two-barred Crossbills in South
Yorkshire (3+), Gloucestershire, Kent, Surrey and Lincolnshire.
The best of the rest included Hoopoe in Dumfries & Galloway and American Wigeons in Cambridgeshire and Highland. Late news related to the identification of an American Herring Gull present in Co Donegal on Tuesday. |
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| Thursday 13th March 2014 | ||
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| Rarities confirmed as still present today were the Great Spotted Cuckoo in Pembrokeshire,
American Coot in Highland, Laughing Gull in County Cork, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler
in Kent, both Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire,
King Eider in Fife, and single Two-barred Crossbills in Kent, Lincolnshire, Surrey and South Yorkshire. Scarcities included two Hoopoes in Cornwall, a Wryneck in Pembrokeshire, Yellow-browed Warblers in both Somerset and Worcestershire, Surf Scoter in Cornwall, two Ring-necked Ducks, five Shorelarks and six Glossy Ibises. |
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| Wednesday 12th March 2014 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Great Spotted Cuckoo in Pembrokeshire, at Tenby. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the
American Coot in Highland, American Herring Gull in Argyll, Laughing Gull in County Cork,
Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers
in Kent, King Eiders in both Fife and Lothian (2), and Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire and Surrey. Scarcities included Hoopoe (County Cork), Wryneck (PembroKeshire), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (Somerset), Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire), two Lesser Snow Geese (Argyll), and three each both Shorelark and Glossy Ibis. Spring arrivals were represented by further Sand Martins, Wheatears, Sandwich Terns, Swallows, Garganey, White Wagtails and House Martin, with a Yellow Wagtail reported in Norfolk, Tree Pipit in Pembrokeshire, and Arctic Skua in Lothian. |
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| Tuesday 11th March 2014 | ||
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| A Great Spotted Cuckoo at Giltar Point, Pembrokeshire was the first
major Spring rarity of the year.
Long staying winter rarities still present included the American Coot and Bonaparte's Gull in Highland, American Herring Gull, Bonaparte's Gull and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Pied-billed Grebe in the Western Isles, Gyr in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent and single Two-barred Crossbills in Lincolnshire, Surrey and Gloucestershire. The second Little Ringed Plover of the year was in Carmarthenshire, single Ring Ouzels were in Denbighshire and Sussex and a new Garganey was in Gloucestershire, with Wheatears and Sand Martins now at a large number of sites across the country. Spring scarcities included two Hoopoes in the south-west and the Wryneck still in Pembrokeshire. |
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| Monday 10th March 2014 | ||
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| Scotland's roll call of rarities comprised Pied-billed Grebe and
Marsh Sandpiper on
Western Isles, Franklin's Gull, American Coot and Black Duck in Highland and
American Herring Gull and
Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll. Elsewhere Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers
lingered in Kent and Warwickshire, the wintering Lesser Yellowlegs and
Long-billed Dowitcher were both
still in Hampshire, a Lesser Scaup remained in Staffordshire and
Two-barred Crossbills were in Gloucestershire (6), Shropshire (2), Surrey
and Lincolnshire. A Gyr was present in Lincolnshire for its second day
(the same bird previously photographed in East Yorkshire on 24th November 2013).
The best of the rest included three Glossy Ibises (in Somerset, Co Kerry and Nottinghamshire), Yellow-browed Warblers in Devon and Dorset and Hoopoes in Cornwall, Devon, Kent and Co Cork. Reports of summer migrants included Yellow Wagtail in Hampshire, House Martins on Isles of Scilly, Ring Ouzel in Devon as well as widespread reports of Wheatears and a handful of Sand Martins. |
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| Sunday 9th March 2014 | ||
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| Long staying rarities still present today included the American Coot
in Highland, Pied-billed Grebe and Marsh Sandpiper on the
Western Isles, Red-flanked Bluetail on the Gloucestershire /Wiltshire
border, Ross's Gull in County Cork, American Herring Gull and
Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll (another of the latter in Glamorgan), Hume's
Yellow-browed Warblers in Warwickshire and Kent (two), Penduline Tit
in Kent, Little Bunting in Lincolnshire, King Eiders in Fife,
Lothian, County Cork and County Mayo, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and
Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire, Kent, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
(six).
A very early Wryneck was seen at St Brides, Pembrokeshire, whilst common spring migrants were topped by an exceptionally early singing Grasshopper Warbler at Spurn, Yorkshire and a singing Turtle Dove at Aldreth, Cambridgeshire, along with a Ring Ouzel, 11 Wheatears, 13 Sand Martins, two Swallows, two Ospreys and five Garganey. |
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