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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 10th April 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a group of three Alpine Swifts in Cornwall at Lizard. In County Mayo a
Gyr was taken into care near Crossmolina but died. Rarities elsewhere comprised the American Bittern and Coues's Arctic Redpoll both still in Suffolk, Horned Lark in Surrey, Savi's Warbler and two Black-winged Stilts in East Sussex, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset and Coues's Arctic Redpoll. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike and Wryneck (Isles of Scilly), Little Bunting (Western Isles), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Ring-necked Duck (Lothian), two each of both Hoopoe and Waxwing, three of Lapland Bunting and Glossy Ibis, and a total of six Surf Scoters. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 9th April 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the American Bittern and Coues's Arctic Redpoll both still in Suffolk,
American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Horned Lark in Surrey, Black Scoter in Northumberland,
Savi's Warbler and two Black-winged Stilts in East Sussex, King Eider
in both County Cork and the Shetland Isles, three Coues's Arctic Redpolls together in Norfolk, four
White-billed Divers in Moray and a Lesser Scaup reported in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Isles of Scilly), Little Bunting (Western Isles), Hoopoe (County Waterford), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Kumlien's Gull (Cornwall), two Waxwings and three each of Ring-necked Duck, Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret. Significant late news concerned a Rustic Bunting in Highland at Diabaig on 7th April. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 7th April 2018 | ||
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| An American Bittern was photographed at Carlton Marshes SWT, Suffolk this evening, the first record for the county. Yesterday, also in Suffolk, a Savi's Warbler was heard singing at Minsmere RSPB.
Lingering rarities still present included the American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in County Kerry, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Horned Lark in Surrey, two Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk and one in Suffolk, two Alpine Swifts in Cornwall, American Herring Gull in County Clare, 13 White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent and Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 2nd April 2018 | ||
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| A singing male Penduline Tit was discovered at Lowestoft, Suffolk this afternoon, and the identity of the Lesser Scaup at Oxford Island, County Armagh was confirmed.
Other lingering rarities seen today included the American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Horned Lark in Surrey, Pacific Diver in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, three Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk and one in Suffolk, and a White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire. Scarcity highlights included a Little Bunting, a Great Grey Shrike, two White-spotted Bluethroats, ten Shorelarks, a Grey Phalarope, a Glossy Ibis, a Tundra Bean Goose, a Lesser Snow Goose, a Surf Scoter, two Ring-necked Ducks, two Green-wnged Teals, a Ring-billed Gull and a Kumlien's Gull. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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