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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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| Thursday 29th March 2018 | ||
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| A drake Hooded Merganser was found on St Kilda, Western Isles, and a White-billed Diver was off the Farne Islands, Northumberland.
Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Horned Lark in Surrey, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Pacific Diver in Cornwall and three White-billed Divers off the Western Isles. Scarcity highlights included a Little Bunting, a Grey Phalarope, a White Stork, a Ring-billed Gull, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Glossy Ibises, three Lapland Buntings, three Ring-necked Ducks and five Surf Scoters. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 25th March 2018 | ||
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| New discoveries today included two Coues's Arctic Redpolls at Fochaber, Moray and White-billed Divers off Barra, Western Isles and off Portsoy, Aberdeenshire (11).
Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter off Musselburgh, Lothian, Pied-billed Grebe at Spiggie, Shetland, Pacific Divers off Pendower, Cornwall and Crookhaven, County Cork, Horned Lark at Staines, Surrey, Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Hazlewood Common, Suffolk and King Eider at Dunmanus Bay, County Cork. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 24th March 2018 | ||
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| In Lothian, a drake White-winged Scoter was found off the sea wall at Musselburgh Lagoons during the afternoon, the second for the site following a belatedly identified drake there on 26th December 2013.
Other new discoveries included a Snowy Owl reported at South Stack RSPB, Anglesey and a White-billed Diver in Northumberland at Newbiggin. Lingering rarities included the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, White-billed Diver in Orkney, American Herring Gull in County Clare, Horned Lark in Surrey, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk and Ferruginous Duck in Powys. Scarcity highlights included a White-spotted Bluethroat, two Waxwings, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Little Buntings, 16 Lapland Buntings, 17 Parrot Crossbills, two Pomarine Skuas, two Kumlien's Gulls, three Ring-billed Gulls, five Ring-necked Ducks, seven Surf Scoters and five Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 23rd March 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Black Duck still in Highland at
Strontian for its twelfth year, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll still in Suffolk, Lesser Scaup
in Cornwall and Ferrugionous Duck in Powys but im Lincolnshire the Snowy Owl could not be found. Scarcities were headlined by single male White-spotted Bluethroats in each of Kent, London and Suffolk with a supporting cast of Little Bunting (London), Serin (Essex), American Wigeon (Somerset), two Ring-necked Ducks, three Cattle Egrets, four each of both Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis, six Ring-billed Gulls - including four together in County Dublin - and in Norfolk a flock of 29 Parrot Crossbills. Significant late news concerned a female Black-throated Thrush present on 17th March in Gloucestershire at Eastington and in recent days a Snowy Owl reported on Stronsay, Orkney Isles. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 20th March 2018 | ||
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| Once again County Clare produced the highlights of the day where the American Herring Gull
continued at Kilkee and a Gyr flew over the lingering King Eider at Flaggy Shore. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Snowy Owl still on the Isles of Scilly, Horned Lark in Surrey, King Eider in County Cork and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities were headlined by four Bluethroats - presumably all White-spotted Bluethroats - comprising three in Suffolk and one in Kent - and supported by Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (Kent), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk), two each of Little Bunting, American Wigeon and Snow Goose, three of Ring-necked Duck, Great Grey Shrike and Grey Phalarope, four of Ring-billed Gull and Cattle Egret, five Waxwings and six Surf Scoters. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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