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This page gives you access to all of RBA's daily news summaries (since April 13, 2006), 10 days at a time. The most recent are shown, or you can select a specific date to show (along with the previous 10 days). Prior to April 13, 2006 you can find weekly reviews, located in articles. | |||
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| Sunday 29th March 2015 | ||
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| The Sussex Alpine Swift remained in Crawley all day, and roosted again
this evening. Other lingering rarities seen today included the Harlequin Duck
in Aberdeenshire, American Coot in the Western Isles, two Penduline
Tits in Devon, Laughing Gull in Wirral, single Bonaparte's Gulls
in Dorset, Glamorgan and County Waterford, Lesser Yellowlegs in County
Dublin and two White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire.
Scarcities included a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Richard's Pipit, a Little Bunting, a Lapland Bunting, a White-tailed Eagle, a Balearic Shearwater, a Glossy Ibis, two Surf Scoters, two American Wigeon, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Cattle Egrets, four Ring-necked Ducks, six Great White Egrets, six Great Grey Shrikes, seven Green-winged Teals and 41 Waxwings. Gulls included a Kumlien's, a Caspian, four Ring-billed, nine Glaucous and 11 Iceland. |
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| Saturday 28th March 2015 | ||
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| The first widely twitchable Alpine Swift for the year was in Crawley,
West Sussex today. It was found mid morning, and was present on and off in the
area until it roosted on a building this evening.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Harlequin Ducks in Aberdeenshire and Highland, American Coot in the Western Isles, two Penduline Tits in Devon, King Eider in Fife, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Laughing Gull in Wirral and Bonaparte's Gulls in Glamorgan (two) and County Waterford. |
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| Friday 27th March 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both the Harlequin Ducks still in Aberdeenshire and Highland,
American Coot on the Western Isles, Laughing Gull on the Wirral,
Blue-winged Teal on the Orkney Isles, two Penduline Tits together in Devon,
Bonaparte's Gulls in Dorset, Glamorgan (2) and County Waterford, Lesser Scaups in Ayrshire, Glamorgan and County Sligo, and six
White-billed Divers together in Aberdeenshire. Scarcities included American Wigeon (Nottinghamshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (Worcestershire), two each of Little Bunting, Lapland Bunting and Glossy Ibis, four of Surf Scoter and Rough-legged Buzzard, five Ring-necked Ducks, eight Shorelarks, 10 Great Grey Shrikes and 22 Waxwings. Notable gulls included 21 Iceland, nine Ring-billed, nine Glaucous, two Caspian and a Kumlien's. Spring migration is still slow with just 10 White Wagtails, six Willow Warblers, six Swallows, five Garganey, two Tree Pipits and a single Osprey seen today. |
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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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| 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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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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