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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 4th March 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Ross's Gull still in Dorset, Horned Lark in
Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Donegal,
Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk (3) and Suffolk. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Orkney Isles), Little Bunting (London), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (East Sussex), American Wigeon (Devon), Glossy Ibis (County Wicklow), two Surf Scoters (together in County Wexford), three Grey Phalaropes (together in Northumberland), four each of both both Ring-necked Duck and Ring-billed Gull, and a total of 38 Waxwings. Incoming summer migrants included a Little Ringed Plover in Worcestershire and four Garganey in Devon. |
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| Wednesday 28th February 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities today comprised the Ross's Gull and Stilt Sandpiper both still in Dorset and the
Horned Lark in Surrey. Scarcities included Little Bunting (London), Richard's Pipit and Yellow-browed Warbler (together in South Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Devon), two Lapland Buntings (together in Kent), four Ring-necked Ducks, seven Glossy Ibises, 12 each of both Shorelark and Waxwing. Incoming spring migrants comprised a Wheatear in Lancashire and two Garganey in Hampshire. |
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| Tuesday 27th February 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still on the Shetland Isles, Ross's Gull
and Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, Horned Lark in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire,
Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon,
Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and in Norfolk a new Coues's Arctic Redpoll discovered in Norwich. Scarcities included Serin (Essex), Little Bunting (London), Richard's Pipit and Yellow-browed Warbler (together in South Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), Ring-necked Duck (Gloucestershire), three American Wigeons, five Glossy Ibises, eight Waxwings and nine Shorelarks. The first Wheatear of the spring was reported in Ayrshire. |
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| Monday 26th February 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both the Ross's Gull and Stilt Sandpiper still in Dorset,
Horned Lark in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon. Scarcities included Bluethroat (East Sussex), Little Bunting (London), Richard's Pipit and Yellow-browed Warbler (together in South Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Snow Goose (Western Isles), two each of both American Wigeon and Ring-billed Gull, four Glossy Ibises, 10 Shorelarks (together in Kent) and in England 12 Parrot Crossbills (Derbyshire). |
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| Sunday 25th February 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Gyr in Highland at Tongue. Rarities elsewhere comprised both the Ross's Gull and Stilt Sandpiper still in Dorset, Pied-billed Grebe in the Shetland Isles, Horned Lark in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Pacific Diver and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Black Scoter in County Kerry, Spotted Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon and County Donegal, and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Little Bunting (London), Richard's Pipit (South Yorkshire), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler, three American Wigeons, five Ring-billed Gulls, six Ring-necked Ducks, seven Surf Scoters, 10 Shorelarks and in England four Parrot Crossbills (Derbyshire). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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