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| Saturday 1st April 2017 | ||
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| New rarities today included an Iberian Chiffchaff at Seaton GPs, Kent
(present for its second day), an Alpine Swift over Bolt Head and
Thurlestone, Devon, a Black-winged Stilt at Titchfield Haven NNR,
Hampshire and a White-billed Diver off Port Nis, Western Isles.
Lingering rarities included the Northern Harrier and White-billed Diver in Orkney, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Black-winged Stilt in Essex, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Hume's Warbler in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, King Eider in Highland and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Bluethroat, a Hoopoe, two Yellow-browed Warblers and two Richard's Pipits. |
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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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| Friday 31st March 2017 | ||
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| New Red-rumped Swallows were found at Himley Hall in Staffordshire,
Spurn in Yorkshire and at Porth Hellick in the Isles of Scilly, where two were
present.
Lingering rarities included the Black-winged Stilt on the Isle of Wight, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, King Eider in Highland, single White-billed Divers in the Western Isles and Moray and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, three Yellow-browed Warblers and a Pomarine Skua. |
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| Thursday 30th March 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries included an Alpine Swift in Cleveland/Co
Durham, Red-rumped Swallow in Gwent, Iberian Chiffchaff
in Isles of Scilly, Black-winged Stilts in Essex (2)
and Isle of Wight and King Eider in Highland. Lingering
rarities comprised Ferruginous Duck (Northumberland),
Lesser Yellowlegs and Hume's Warbler (Dorset),
Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall) and seven White-billed Divers
(Aberdeenshire [4] and Moray [3]). The best of the rest included Hoopoes (Cornwall and Pembrokeshire) and Rose-coloured Starling (Norfolk). |
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| Wednesday 29th March 2017 | ||
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| Rarity highlights included a Black-winged Stilt in East
Sussex, Ferruginous Duck in Northumberland, Bonaparte's
Gulls in Co Kerry and Devon, King Eider in Co Sligo,
Black Duck in Highland, Richardson's Cackling Goose
in Argyll, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk and White-billed
Diver in Western Isles. The best of the rest included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire), Little Bunting (East Yorkshire), two Hoopoes (Cornwall), two Richard's Pipits (Dorset) and two Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Tuesday 28th March 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll at Loch
Feorlin where it was previously been present on 30th May-6th June 2014 and again between 6th May-5th August 2016. Elsewhere, a Richardson's Cackling Goose was found in County Mayo on The Mullet, whilst lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Killdeer on the Shetland Isles, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk, Hume's Warbler and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, and single Bonaparte's Gulls in both Devon and County Kerry. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire), Richard's Pipit (Dorset), Glossy Ibis (Leicestershire), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), two each of both American Wigeon and Surf Scoter, three Green-winged Teals, four of both Ring-billed Gull and Lapland Bunting, 13 Great Grey Shrikes, 15 Shorelarks, and a total of 47 Cattle Egrets. |
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| Monday 27th March 2017 | ||
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| Rarities discovered today comprised a Dusky Warbler in Cornwall at Polgigga, single
White-billed Divers in Moray at Burghead and in the Western Isles on Barra, and in Aberdeenshire the
King Eider returned to the Ythan Estuary. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Killdeer on the Shetland Isles, both Red-flanked Bluetail and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, King Eider in County Kerry, and single Bonaparte's Gulls in both Cornwall and Devon. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire), Hoopoe (Pembrokeshire), Surf Scoter (Shetland Isles), Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), Glossy Ibis (Leicestershire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two each of Richard's Pipit, American Wigeon, Lesser Snow Goose and Lapland Bunting, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Ring-necked Ducks, 13 Great Grey Shrikes, 21 Shorelarks, and a total of 29 Cattle Egrets. |
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| Sunday 26th March 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries included an Alpine Swift
on Isles of Scilly and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, whilst the
Red-flanked Bluetail and Pallid Harrier
(Norfolk), Iberian Chiffchaff (Gloucestershire),
White-billed Diver (Orkney), Blue Rock Thrush
(Gloucestershire), Hume's Warbler (Dorset), Hudsonian
Whimbrel (Cornwall), Forster's Tern (Co Galway) and
Eastern Black Redstart (Cleveland) all lingered. Two
Blue-winged Teals were reported in Nottinghamshire and a
Bonaparte's Gull was reported in Cornwall. The best of the rest included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire) and two Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Saturday 25th March 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a singing Iberian Chiffchaff in Yate,
Gloucestershire, a Red-flanked Bluetail at Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk and an
Alpine Swift at Tacumshin, County Wexford.
Lingering rarities included the Hume's Warbler in Dorset, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk. |
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| Friday 24th March 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a White-billed Diver on Tory Island,
County Donegal and a drake Ferruginous Duck at Killingworth Lake,
Northumberland.
Lingering rarities included the Hume's Warbler in Dorset, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, King Eider in County Kerry, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gull in Ayrshire and four White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire. |
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| Thursday 23rd March 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries included eight White-billed Divers off the
Aberdeenshire coastline, with another in Moray, and a Bonaparte's Gull
arrived in Ayrshire, whilst Pallid Harrier (Norfolk),
Long-billed Dowitcher (Co Wexford) and Ferruginous Duck
(Northumberland) all lingered. The best of the rest included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire) and Little Bunting (Bedfordshire). |
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