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| Saturday 14th April 2018 | ||
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| A male Black-headed Wagtail was found at Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire this evening. Two Red-rumped Swallows were seen on The Lizard, Cornwall, with two Alpine Swifts still on the headland and a new bird at Porthleven, a Black-winged Stilt was at Welney WWT, Norfolk, the Cambridgeshire Bonaparte's Gull was relocated at Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB and four White-billed Divers were off Lewis, Western Isles.
Lingering rarities included the American Bittern and Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Horned Lark in Surrey, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Black-winged Stilt in Kent, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire. |
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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 13th April 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities present today included the American Bittern and Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Horned Lark in Surrey, two Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk, two Alpine Swifts in Cornwall, Black-winged Stilt in Kent and Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset.
Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, three Great Grey Shrikes, two Wrynecks, two Waxwings, a Purple Heron, two Glossy Ibises, two Black-bellied Dippers, two Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teals, four Surf Scoters and a Kumlien's Gull. |
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| Thursday 12th April 2018 | ||
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| Rarity highlights comprised American White-winged Scoter
(Aberdeenshire), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Horned
Lark (Surrey), Savi's Warbler (Suffolk),
Pied-billed Grebe (Argyll) and Black-winged Stilt
(Kent). The best of the rest included Wryneck (Suffolk), Black-bellied Dipper (Northumberland), Waxwing (Essex), Serins (Dorset and East Sussex), Hoopoe (Cornwall) and Purple Heron (Cambridgeshire). |
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| Wednesday 11th April 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Short-toed
Treecreeper at Dungeness (Kent). Elsewhere rarity highlights included
American Bittern (Suffolk), American White-winged Scoter
(Lothian), Bonaparte's Gulls (Cambridgeshire and Dorset),
Savi's Warblers (East Sussex and Suffolk), Horned Lark
(Surrey), Black-winged Stilt (East Sussex), Coues's
Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk) and two Alpine Swifts
(Cornwall). The best of the rest included Purple Heron (Cambridgeshire), Black-bellied Dipper (Shetland), two each of Woodchat Shrike, Hoopoe and Waxwing and three Glossy Ibises. |
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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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| 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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| Sunday 8th April 2018 | ||
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| In Cornwall a second-winter Audouin's Gull flew through
Mount's Bay (Cornwall) today. The American Bittern remained at Carlton Marshes SWT (Suffolk) for its second day, whilst a Snowy Owl (Ceredigion), Iberian Chiffchaff (Cornwall), two Black-winged Stilts and Savi's Warbler (East Sussex) and two White-billed Divers (Moray) were also recorded. Lingering rarities comprised Alpine Swift (Cornwall), a gathering of 24 White-billed Divers (Aberdeenshire), lone White-billed Divers (Western Isles and Orkney), American Herring Gull (Co Clare), King Eider (Co Cork), Bonaparte's Gull (Dorset), American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Horned Lark (Surrey), and Coues's Arctic Redpolls (Norfolk [3] and Suffolk). The best of the rest included up to eight Hoopoes, two Serins (Essex) and two Shorelarks (Lincolnshire). |
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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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| Friday 6th April 2018 | ||
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| Rarity highlights comprised Black Scoter (Northumberland),
American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Snowy Owl
(Pembrokeshire), Horned Lark (Surrey), Long-billed
Dowitcher (Kent), Bonaparte's Gull (Dorset),
Forster's Tern (Co Galway), Black Kite (London) and
Coues's Arctic Redpolls (Suffolk [2] and Norfolk). The best of the rest included Hoopoes (London and Kent), Black-bellied Dipper (Shetland) and Lapland Bunting (Norfolk). |
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| Thursday 5th April 2018 | ||
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| Highlight of the day was the discovery of two Alpine Swifts
on The Lizard (Cornwall). Elsewhere a Cackling Goose arrived on
Tiree (Argyll) with Barnacle Geese, and the Snowy Owl
(Pembrokeshire), American White-winged Scoter (Lothian),
Hooded Merganser (Western Isles), Horned Lark
(Surrey), Coues's Arctic Redpolls (Norfolk [2+] and Suffolk),
Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent), Forster's Tern (Co
Galway), American Herring Gull (Co Clare) and King
Eider (Co Cork) all lingered. The best of the rest included Hoopoes (Carmarthenshire and Kent), Little Bunting (London), Dotterel and Black-bellied Dipper (Shetland), White-spotted Bluethroat (Lincolnshire) and Spotted Crake (Devon). |
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