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| Wednesday 11th February 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Slaty-backed Gull at Killybegs, County Donegal: the first sighting since 17th-18th January. Rarities elsewhere comprised two White-billed Divers together in Highland at Loch Ewe, the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, Laughing Gull on the Wirral, three Penduline Tits and a Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Cornwall, Blue-winged Teal on the Orkney Isles, and Lesser Scaup in both Ayrshire and Glamorgan. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Essex), Richard's Pipit and Cattle Egret (Kent), two Serins (Essex), three each of Little Bunting and Ring-necked Duck, four Rough-legged Buzzards and five American Wigeons. Other notable gulls totalled 13 Caspian, 10 Glaucous, seven Iceland, three Ring-billed and a Kumlien's. |
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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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| Tuesday 10th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Black Scoter in Northumberland, Penduline Tit in
Devon, King Eider in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire,
Laughing
Gull in Wirral, Harlequin Duck in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon,
Black Duck on Isles of Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs in Co Dublin, Lesser Scaup
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Ayrshire and Ross's Goose in Northumberland.
The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit (Kent), two American Wigeons, two Glossy Ibises, two Serins, three Little Buntings and three Cattle Egrets. |
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| Monday 9th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), Laughing Gull
(Wirral), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan), Black Scoters (Co Kerry and Northumberland),
Richardson's Cackling Goose (Western Isles), Pacific Diver
(Cornwall)
and Lesser Yellowlegs (East Sussex).
The best of the rest included Glossy Ibis (Cambridgeshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Little Bunting (Glamorgan), two Serins (Essex), two Cattle Egrets (Kent) and four American Wigeons. |
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| Sunday 8th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), King
Eider and Pacific Diver (Cornwall), Penduline Tits (Devon),
Laughing Gull (Wirral), Black Scoters (Northumberland and Co Kerry),
Lesser Yellowlegs (East Sussex), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan),
Ferruginous Ducks (Hampshire and Gloucestershire), Richardson's Cackling
Goose (Western Isles) and American Coot (Co Kerry).
The best of the rest included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), two Serins (Essex), two Richard's Pipits, two Glossy Ibises, three Cattle Egrets and four American Wigeons. |
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| Saturday 7th February 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, American Coot on the Western Isles,
Pacific Diver and King Eider in Cornwall, Laughing Gull on the Wirral,
Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Scoter in Northumberland,
Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in East Sussex, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan,
Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire, and Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), two each of Serin, Richard's Pipit and Cattle Egret, four of both American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, five Shorelarks, and eight each of Surf Scoter and Rough-legged Buzzards. Totals of notable gulls were 26 Glaucous, 20 Iceland, 17 Caspian, six Ring-billed and five Kumlien's. |
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| Friday 6th February 2015 | ||
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| No new rarities were found today. The Laughing Gull remained a popular
attraction on the Wirral with the long staying bird also still at Ballycotton in
County Cork. The other main attraction, the drake Harlequin Duck was
still in Aberdeen. In Northumberland the Black Scoter was seen again off
Cheswick Sands.
Other long staying rarities included the Lesser Yellowlegs in Sussex, the three, somewhat elusive, Penduline Tits in Devon, the Black Duck on Scilly, Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire and Gloucestershire and Lesser Scaups in Cornwall, Glamorgan and County Kerry. Scarcities around the country included the Little Bunting still in Glamorgan, the two Serins in Essex, as well as five Shorelarks, eight Great Grey Shrikes, six Rough-legged Buzzards, five Ring-billed Gulls, 16 Glaucous Gulls, 13 Iceland Gulls and three Ring-necked Ducks including a new bird in Somerset. |
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| Thursday 5th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), Laughing Gull
(Wirral), Black Scoter (Co Kerry), Lesser Yellowlegs (East Sussex),
Pacific
Diver (Cornwall), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall) and Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire),
whilst a Cackling Goose was reported on North Uist (Western Isles) and a
possible grey morph Gyr flew over Havergate Marshes (Norfolk).
The best of the rest included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Ring-necked Duck (Western Isles), Glossy Ibis (Co Waterford), two Serins (Essex), at least one Cattle Egret (East Sussex/Kent) two Richard's Pipits and four American Wigeons. |
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| Wednesday 4th February 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Laughing Gull still on the Wirral, Harlequin Duck in Aberdeenshire,
Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Black Scoter in County Kerry, Black Duck
on the Isles of Scilly, three Penduline Tits together in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll,
Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, and Lesser Yellowlegs in both County Cork and East Sussex. Scarcities included Night Heron (County Cork), Surf Scoter (County Clare), two each of Serin, Richard's Pipit and Shorelark, four each of both American Wigeon and Cattle Egret, five Rough-legged Buzzards, 10 Great Grey Shrikes, 21 Waxwings and 43 Little Auks. Notable gulls included 12 Iceland, nine Glaucous, seven Caspian, three Ring-billed and a Kumlien's. |
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| Tuesday 3rd February 2015 | ||
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| Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Laughing Gull at New Brighton
(Wirral), whilst in Shropshire a probable second-winter Thayer's Gull was in
Telford and a Bonaparte's Gull was in Carmarthenshire. Elsewhere lingering
rarities included Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), Pacific Diver (Cornwall),
Lesser Scaup (Cornwall and Glamorgan), Bonaparte's Gull (Devon) and
Ferruginous
Duck (Gloucestershire).
The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Night Heron (Co Cork), two Cattle Egrets (Kent), two American Wigeons, two Richard's Pipits and three Serins. |
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| Monday 2nd February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire),
Forster's Tern (Co Galway), American Herring Gull (Western Isles),
Lesser Scaup (Powys, Ayrshire and Cornwall), Ferruginous Duck
(Gloucestershire and Hampshire), Pacific Diver (Cornwall) and Black
Duck (Isles of Scilly).
The best of the rest included American Wigeon (North Yorkshire), Night Heron (Co Cork), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), two Serins (Essex), two Richard's Pipits (Kent and Dorset), two Glossy Ibises (Essex and Cambridgeshire), three Ring-necked Ducks, six Rough-legged Buzzards and 42 Waxwings. |
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