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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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| Tuesday 3rd January 2017 | ||
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| The Pine Bunting at Venus Pool in Shropshire was only seen briefly
today and the other headline birds were all long staying rarities. The Blue
Rock Thrush remained in Gloucestershire, the Dusky Thrush was still
in Derbyshire, the Desert Wheatear was still in Devon and the
Ferruginous Duck was still in Norfolk.
Also present were the Pacific Diver and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Black Scoters in Northumberland and County Kerry, Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway, Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Killdeer on Shetland, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Stejneger's Stonechat in Kent and Eastern Black Redstarts in Cornwall and Cleveland. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Friday 30th December 2016 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Blue Rock Thrush
in Gloucestershire, Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Black-throated Thrush
in Denbighshire, Stejneger's Stonechat in Kent, Killdeer in
Shetland, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hudsonian Whimbrel and
Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Desert Wheatear in Devon, single
Eastern Black Redstarts in Cleveland and Cornwall, Red-breasted Goose
in Norfolk, King Eider in County Sligo, Pallid Harrier in
Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Richardson's Cackling Goose
in Argyll.
Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Surf Scoter, a Little Auk, a Kumlien's Gull, two Green-winged Teals, two American Wigeon, two Snow Geese, four Ring-billed Gulls, four Iceland Gulls, five Great Grey Shrikes, five Ring-necked Ducks, nine Glaucous Gulls, 25 Lapland Buntings, 28 Shorelarks and 49 Cattle Egrets. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 29th December 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black Scoter in Northumberland at Goswick,
perhaps the same individual as that seen nearby in both 2011 and 2015. Elsewhere, a
Lesser Yellowlegs was new in County Limerick at Adare. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Blyth's Pipit in Somerset, Black-throated Thrush in Denbighshire, Pacific Diver, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Eastern Black Redstart in Cornwall, Stejneger's Stonechat in Kent, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatear and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, and both King Eider and Lesser Scaup in County Sligo. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Serin (East Sussex), two each of Richard's Pipit, Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, three of American Wigeon and Lapland Bunting, eight Ring-necked Ducks, 10 Great Grey Shrikes, 11 Ring-billed Gulls, 39 Shorelarks, 45 Cattle Egrets, and a total of 82 Tundra Bean Geese. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 28th December 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the contiuned presence of the Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire at Stow-on-the-Wold where it showed well all day. Elsewhere, the
Stejneger's Stonechat remains in Kent at Dungeness where it was first been noted on 8th November before being identified by DNA analysis, and
in County Clare a Snowy Owl was new at Luogh. Other lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Blyth's Pipit in Somerset, Pacific Diver, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Eastern Black Redstart in Cornwall, Black-throated Thrush in Denbighshire, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Hooded Merganser in Clyde and Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway. Scarcities included Serin (West Sussex), Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), Glossy Ibis (Devon), two of both Rose-coloured Starling and American Wigeon, three Surf Scoters (including one inland in Leicestershire), four of Ring-billed Gull and Lapland Bunting, 11 Ring-necked Ducks, 17 Shorelarks, 42 Cattle Egrets, and a total of 56 Tundra Bean Geese. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 27th December 2016 | ||
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| The main news of the day was the identification of a male Blue Rock Thrush
in a garden in Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. Having
been present for about a week, the observer uploaded some photos to social media
at lunchtime today, and the bird was successfully twitched by a fortunate few
after it was located mid afternoon.
Other lingering rarities still present today included the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Black-throated Thrush in Denbighshire, Blyth's Pipit in Somerset, single Eastern Black Redstarts in Cornwall and Cleveland, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Snowy Owl in County Galway, American Coot in Western Isles, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, King Eider in County Sligo, single Lesser Scaups in Dumfries and Galloway and County Galway, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo, five White-billed Divers in Orkney, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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