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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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| Friday 25th December 2015 | ||
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| A Dusky Warbler was discovered in a roadside hedge at Holkham, Norfolk
today, but wasn't seen after the initial sighting. The Red-rumped Swallow
remained in the vicinity, with the Pallid Harrier still in the county at
Flitcham.
Other lingering rarities included the Dusky Warbler at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset, King Eider at Nairn, Highland, and single Lesser Scaups at Dozmary Pool, Cornwall and Chew Valley Lake, Somerset. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 24th December 2015 | ||
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| Rarities lingering today were the Red-rumped Swallow and Pallid
Harrier in Norfolk, Gyr in the Western Isles, Long-billed
Dowitcher in Northumberland and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall.
Scarcity highlights were a Hoopoe, a Pomarine Skua, an American Wigeon, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Surf Scoters, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Cattle Egrets, three Grey Phalaropes, three Glossy Ibises, three Shorelarks, four Rough-legged Buzzards, six Yellow-browed Warblers, six Iceland Gulls, six Green-winged Teals, seven Ring-necked Ducks, seven Glaucous Gulls and nine Waxwings. |
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| Sunday 20th December 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Pacific Diver, American Herring Gull and
Lesser Scaup all still in Cornwall, both Pallid Harrier and Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk,
Dusky Warbler in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland and
Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. Scarcities included Hoopoe (West Midlands), Richard's Pipit (Kent) and Snow Goose (Cumbria), two each of Surf Scoter, American Wigeon, Cattle Egret and Great Grey Shrike, four Rough-legged Buzzards, five Glossy Ibises, six of both Yellow-browed Warbler and Waxwing, seven of Ring-necked Duck and Lapland Bunting, and nine Shorelarks. Totals of notable gull were five Ring-billed, eight Glaucous, 14 Iceland and 14 Caspian. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 19th December 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities today included the Red-rumped Swallow and Pallid
Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland,
Spotted Sandpiper in County Cork, Bonaparte's Gull in Orkney
and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall.
Scarcities included a Hoopoe, an American Golden Plover, a Dotterel, a Kumlien's Gull, two Great Grey Shrikes, two American Wigeon, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Cattle Egrets, three Glaucous Gulls, three Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, four Yellow-browed Warblers, four Rough-legged Buzzards, four Little Auks, five Glossy Ibises, five Green-winged Teals, seven Waxwings, nine Shorelarks and 10 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Friday 18th December 2015 | ||
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| Rarity highlights included the lingering Western Rufous Turtle Dove in
Shetland, Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk and Lesser Scaup in
Cornwall.
Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Great Grey Shrike, an American Wigeon, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Surf Scoters, three Lapland Buntings, three Glossy Ibises, four Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, four Glaucous Gulls, five Iceland Gulls, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, seven Waxwings and nine Shorelarks. |
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| Thursday 17th December 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a brief Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk at
Cley: although not so unusual in November, a December occurrence is exceptional. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Western Rufous Turtle Dove still on the Shetland Isles, the Pacific Diver still in Cornwall where the regular wintering Lesser Scaup has returned, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included Hoopoe (West Midlands), Little Bunting (Cornwall), two each of Snow Goose, Glossy Ibis, Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal, three of Shorelark, Yellow-browed Warbler, Rough-legged Buzzard and Cattle Egret, four Surf Scoters, and seven each of Lapland Bunting and Waxwing. Scarce gulls comprised two Ring-billed, four Glaucous, seven Iceland and 15 Caspian. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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