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| Wednesday 25th March 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of a Two-barred Crossbill in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Rarities elsewhere comprised
Harlequin Duck and six White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire, American Coot
on the Western Isles, Desert Wheatear and Black Duck on the Isles of Scilly,
Laughing Gull on the Wirral, Bonaparte's Gulls in Glamorgan (2) and County Waterford, two
Penduline Tits in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, and
Lesser Scaup in Ayrshire and Glamorgan. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler, American Wigeon, Rough-legged Buzzard and Cattle Egret, three Ring-necked Ducks, four Tundra Bean Geese, five Green-winged Teals, six Surf Scoters, seven Shorelarks, 14 Great Grey Shrikes, and 28 Waxwings. Notable gulls included 19 Iceland, eight Ring-billed, four Glaucous and two Caspian. |
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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 24th March 2015 | ||
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| Today's rarities included Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), Desert Wheatear
(Isles of Scilly), two Penduline Tits (Devon), Bonaparte's Gulls (Glamorgan [2]
and Argyll), Lesser Scaup (Ayrshire), Ross's Goose (Forth), White-billed Diver
(Orkney) and American
Herring Gull (Cornwall).
The best of the rest included a report of a Hoopoe in Co Cork, three Cattle Egrets in Kent, American Wigeons in Devon and West Yorkshire and Little Bunting in Cornwall. |
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| Monday 23rd March 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Duck in Aberdeenshire,
Desert Wheatear on Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gulls in Glamorgan
and Co Waterford, Laughing Gull in Wirral, Penduline Tits in
Devon, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Ross's Goose in Forth
and Lesser Scaup in Ayrshire. Two Black Kites were logged in Kent.
The best of the rest included sightings of White-tailed Eagle in Suffolk and Norfolk, two Richard's Pipits in Norfolk, American Wigeon in Nottinghamshire and two Cattle Egrets in Kent. |
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| Sunday 22nd March 2015 | ||
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| In Norfolk, a pale morph Booted Eagle was reported from Cockley Cley
Warren briefly early afternoon, but there were no further sightings of the bird
by this evening. The White-tailed Eagle remained in the county in the
Horsey /Hickling area from mid afternoon.
A Black Kite was reported from Heronden, Kent, whilst lingering rarities included the Harlequin Duck in Aberdeenshire, Desert Wheatear in the Isles of Scilly, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, two Penduline Tits in Devon, Laughing Gull in Wirral, single Bonaparte's Gulls in County Waterford, Glamorgan and Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, King Eider in Fife, Ross's Goose in Forth and Black-bellied Dipper in Yorkshire. |
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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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| 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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