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| Saturday 21st March 2015 | ||
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| A male Desert Wheatear was discovered on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
this evening. This is the fourth record for the archipelago, and the second
spring record, following one on the same island in March 1976. In East Anglia, a
female Ferruginous Duck was present at Lakenheath Fen RSPB early morning
whilst further north there are now six White-billed Divers off Portsoy,
Aberdeenshire.
Lingering rarities included the Harlequin Duck in Aberdeenshire, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Laughing Gull in Wirral, Bonaparte's Gull in County Waterford, Two-barred Crossbill in Gloucestershire, two Penduline Tits in Devon, Black Duck in the Isles of Scilly, Lesser Scaups in County Sligo and Ayrshire, Ross's Goose in Forth and Black-bellied Dipper in Yorkshire. |
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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 20th March 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Harlequin Duck in
Aberdeenshire, American Coot in the Western Isles, American Herring
Gull in Cornwall, Laughing Gull in Wirral, Bonaparte's Gull in
County Waterford, Black Scoter in County Kerry, two Penduline Tits
in Devon, White-billed Diver in Orkney, King Eider in Fife,
Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Ross's Goose in Fife.
Scarcity highlights involved a Richard's Pipit, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a White-tailed Eagle, two Serins, two American Wigeons, two Surf Scoters, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Little Buntings and seven Waxwings. |
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| Thursday 19th March 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included both Harlequin Ducks in
Aberdeenshire and Highland, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black
Duck in the Isles of Scilly, Laughing Gulls in Wirral and County
Cork, Bonaparte's Gull in County Waterford, three White-billed Divers
in Aberdeenshire, two Penduline Tits in Devon, King Eider in Fife,
Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and County Sligo and Ross's Goose in
Forth.
Scarcity highlights were a Richard's Pipit, a Little Bunting, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Kumlien's Gull, two White-tailed Eagles, two American Wigeons, two Surf Scoters, three Ring-necked Ducks, four Waxwings, four Ring-billed Gulls and eight Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| Wednesday 18th March 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck and three White-billed Divers in Aberdenshire,
Harlequin Duck still in Highland, Laughing Gull on the Wirral, Bonaparte's
Gulls in Dorset and County Waterford, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin,
King Eider in Fife, Lesser Scaups in both County Cavan and Glamorgan, and the
Black-bellied Dipper still in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (East Sussex), two each of Richard's Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler, Surf Scoter and Cattle Egret, three American Wigeons, four of Ring-necked Duck and Waxwing, six Lapland Buntings, nine Shorelarks and 13 Great Grey Shrikes. Notable gull tallies compried 32 Iceland, seven Glaucous, six Caspian, five Ring-billed and a Kumlien's. |
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| Tuesday 17th March 2015 | ||
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| Today's rarities included Harlequin Ducks in Aberdeenshire and
Highland, Bonaparte's Gulls in Co Waterford and Dorset, King Eider
in Cornwall, Penduline Tits in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Co
Dublin and Lesser Scaup in Co Cavan.
The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit (East Sussex), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), two Serins (Essex), two Cattle Egrets (Kent), two Little Buntings (Cornwall and Glamorgan) and three Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Monday 16th March 2015 | ||
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| Today's rarities comprised Harlequin Duck in Highland, American
Herring Gull in Cornwall, Laughing Gull in
Wirral, Bonaparte's Gull in Co Waterford, Penduline Tits in Devon,
Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Ayrshire and King Eider in Fife. Late news related to an
American Herring Gull in Co Cork yesterday and White-billed Divers off
South Uist on Friday and North Uist on Saturday.
The best of the rest included White-tailed Eagle in Norfolk, Serin in Essex, Little Bunting in Cornwall, Richard's Pipits in Norfolk and East Sussex, Cattle Egrets in Kent, Glossy Ibis in Nottinghamshire (with a report of another in Hertfordshire), Yellow-browed Warblers in Devon and Worcestershire and American Wigeons in Nottinghamshire, Co Leitrim/Co Donegal and West Yorkshire. |
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| Sunday 15th March 2015 | ||
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| Today's rarities comprised Harlequin Ducks in Aberdeenshire and Highland,
Forster's Tern in Co Galway, Black Duck on Isles of Scilly, Penduline Tits
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Devon, Laughing Gull in Wirral, King Eider in Cornwall, Black
Scoter in Co Kerry, Lesser Scaup in
Glamorgan, Bonaparte's Gull in Co Waterford and Blue-winged or Cinnamon Teal in Dorset.
The best of the rest included Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), White-tailed Eagle (Suffolk and Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (Cumbria), Little Bunting (Cornwall), two Yellow-browed Warblers, three American Wigeons, eight Shorelarks and 36 Waxwings. A Short-toed Lark was reported in South Yorkshire. |
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| Saturday 14th March 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Ducks in Aberdeenshire and
Highland, Laughing Gulls in Co Cork and Wirral, King Eiders in
Fife and Cornwall, Lesser Scaup in
Glamorgan and Co Sligo, Penduline Tits in Devon, Ross's Goose in
Forth, Blue-winged Teal in Orkney, Black-bellied Dipper in East
Yorkshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan
The best of the rest included two Serins and White-tailed Eagle (Essex), Richard's Pipit (East Sussex), Yellow-browed Warblers (Devon and Worcestershire), Little Buntings (Cornwall and Glamorgan), two Cattle Egrets (Kent), Glossy Ibises (Essex and Nottinghamshire), Taiga Bean Goose (Cleveland), American Wigeons (Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Somerset), three Rough-legged Buzzards and 23 Waxwings. |
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| Friday 13th March 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Ducks in Highland and
Aberdeenshire, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Laughing Gull in Wirral, Richardson's Cackling Goose
in Argyll, White-billed Diver in Shetland, Lesser Scaup in Co
Sligo, King Eider in Fife and Penduline Tits in Devon.
The best of the rest included Yellow-browed Warbler (Worcestershire), Richard's Pipit (East Sussex), Serins (Essex) and Little Bunting (Cornwall). |
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| Thursday 12th March 2015 | ||
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| Rarities tody comprised the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, Black Scoter
in County Kerry, Laughing Gull on the Wirral, King Eider in Cornwall, two
Penduline Tits together in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Ross's Goose in Forth. Scarcities included Yellow-browed Warbler (Worcestershire), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), two each of Little Bunting, Richard's Pipit, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Ring-billed Gull and Cattle Egret, three Rough-legged Buzzards, four Great Grey Shrikes, six Lapland Buntings and 12 Waxwings. Arrivals of summer migrats continued, with day totals of 114 Sand Martins, 60 Wheatears, nine Garganey, nine Sandwich Terns, eight White Wagtails, six Swallows, three Little Ringed Plovers, two each of both Turtle Dove and Osprey, and a single Ring Ouzel. |
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