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| In Ireland a King Eider was at Castlegregory in County Kerry and a
Bonaparte's Gull was at Kennedy Quay, Cork.
Lingering rarities included the Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Hume's Warbler in Dorset, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Pacific Diver in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Bonaparte's Gull in Clyde, Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire and White-billed Divers in Lothian and Orkney. Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Serin, two Richard's Pipits, three Little Buntings, three Yellow-browed Warblers, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Lesser Snow Goose, a Pomarine Skua, two Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teals, four Surf Scoters, four American Wigeon, a Kumlien's Gull and six Ring-billed Gulls. |
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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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| Saturday 11th February 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Siberian Accentor in Highland at Invergordon present since 8th February at an undisclosed location. Elsewhere, a Snowy Owl was reported briefly on Papa Westray, Orkney Isles. Lingering rarities comprised Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pacific Diver in Northumberland, Northern Harrier and White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire, Hume's Warbler and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire), Little Bunting (Bedfordshire), Serin (East Sussex), Kumlien's Gull (County Waterford), two each of both Surf Scoter and Richard's Pipit, three Ring-necked Ducks, five each of American Wigeon and Great Grey Shrike, six Ring-billed Gulls, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, 45 Lapland Buntings, 53 Cattle Egrets, and a total of 73 Shorelarks. |
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| Friday 10th February 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities present today included the Red-flanked Bluetail in
Glamorgan, Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Blue Rock Thrush in
Gloucestershire, Pacific Divers in Northumberland and Cornwall, Hooded
Merganser in Clyde, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Black
Redstart in Cleveland, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Lesser
Yellowlegs in Dorset, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Bonaparte's
Gull in Devon and Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire.
Scarcity highlights included a Serin, two Richard's Pipits and four Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Thursday 9th February 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Pine Bunting (North Yorkshire),
Red-flanked Bluetail (Glamorgan), Blue Rock Thrush
(Gloucestershire), Pacific Diver and Black Scoter
(Northumberland), White-billed Diver (Orkney), Killdeer
(Shetland), Pallid Harrier (East Yorkshire), Hume's
Warbler (Dorset), Bonaparte's Gull (Devon),
Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), Eastern Black Redstart
(Cleveland) and Hooded Merganser (Clyde). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), Yellow-browed Warblers (Staffordshire and Co Waterford), Little Buntings (Devon and Hampshire) and two Richard's Pipits (Dorset). |
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| Wednesday 8th February 2017 | ||
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| Rarity highlights included Pine Bunting (North Yorkshire),
Pacific Diver (Northumberland), Blue Rock Thrush (Gloucestershire),
Pallid Harrier (East Yorkshire), Hume's Warbler and
Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Bonaparte's Gull
and Desert Wheatear (Devon), Hudsonian Whimbrel
(Cornwall), Eastern Black Redstart (Cleveland) and
White-billed Diver (Lothian). The best of the rest included Serin (East Sussex) and Little Bunting (Devon). |
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| Tuesday 7th February 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the relocation of the Lesser Yellowlegs in Gloucestershire at Commbe Hill Meadows. Elsewhere rarities comprised the
Pine Bunting still in North Yorkshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire,
Pacific Divers in both Cornwall and Northumberland, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire, Hooded Merganser and
Bonaparte's Gull in Clyde, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Devon), Serin (East Sussex), Surf Scoter (Conwy) and Green-winged Teal (Dorset), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-necked Duck, Yellow-browed Warbler, Ring-billed Gull and Kumlien's Gull, three American Wigeons, six Great Grey Shrikes, 25 Cattle Egrets, 33 Lapland Buntings and a total of 54 Shorelarks. |
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| Monday 6th February 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today comprised the Dusky Thrush still in Derbyshire,
Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pacific Diver in Northumberland,
Pine Bunting in North Yorkshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan,
Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Hooded Merganser and Bonaparte's Gull in Clyde, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), Serin (East Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Lesser Snow Goose (Lancashire), Kumlien's Gull (County Waterford), two each of Little Bunting, Ring-necked Duck and Surf Scoter, three each of American Wigeon and Yellow-browed Warbler, seven Ring-billed Gulls, eight Great Grey Shrikes, 41 Cattle Egrets, 56 Shorelarks, and a total of 89 Tundra Bean Geese. Significant late news concerned a Gyr seen yesterday on Harris, Western Isles. |
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| Sunday 5th February 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of the first Lesser Yellowlegs for Worcestershire at Longdon. Elsewhere, in Clyde a
Bonaparte's Gull was new at Gourock, Clyde, a Taverner's Cackling Goose
was reported in Argyll on Islay, and in Dorset the Hume's Warbler reappeared on Portland. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Pine Bunting in North Yorkshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pacific Diver and Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan, Desert Wheatear and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included Serin (East Sussex), Lesser Snow Goose (Lancashire), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Little Bunting and Rough-legged Buzzard, three Glossy Ibises, four each of American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter and Kumlien's Gull, seven Ring-billed Gulls, eight Great Grey Shrikes, 38 Cattle Egrets, 39 Lapland Buntings and 59 Shorelarks. |
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| Saturday 4th February 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Dusky Thrush in
Derbyshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pine Bunting and
Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire, Pacific Diver, Hudsonian Whimbrel
and Eastern Black Redstart in Cornwall, Pacific Diver and
Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland,
Desert Wheatear and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Snowy Owl in
Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Hooded Merganser in
Clyde and Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire.
Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Little Buntings, a Little Auk, a Lesser Snow Goose, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, four American Wigeon, four Ring-necked Ducks, two Glossy Ibises, a Rough-legged Buzzard, eight Great Grey Shrikes, two Black Brants and 200 Tundra Bean Geese (including 147 in Norfolk, 123 of which were in a single flock). Gull totals were six Ring-billed, 37 Glaucous and 52 Iceland. |
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| Friday 3rd February 2017 | ||
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| An adult Laughing Gull was found in County Galway today, watched
flying along the beach at Creggoduff, Connemara.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pine Bunting and Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire, Killdeer in Shetland, Pacific Divers in Cornwall and Northumberland, Black Scoter also in Northumberland, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire. Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Pomarine Skua, two Lapland Buntings, four Great Grey Shrikes, a Lesser Snow Goose, a Surf Scoter, three American Wigeon, four Ring-necked Ducks, five Green-winged Teals, 19 Cattle Egrets and 169 Tundra Bean Geese (128 of which were in Norfolk). Gulls were once again well represented, with totals of one Kumlien's, three Ring-billed, 43 Iceland and 54 Glaucous. |
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