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| A Belted Kingfisher in St Mary's, Isles of Scilly today is the first record for the archipelago, and the first in Britain since the 2005 individual.
Other new discoveries included a Little Bittern in Pembrokeshire, Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, Red-rumped Swallow in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in Highland and Black Kite in Kent. Lingering rarities included the American Bittern and Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Laughing Gull in Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall and Pacific Diver in County Cork. |
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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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| Tuesday 17th April 2018 | ||
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| Exciting new rarities today comprised a brief Great Spotted Cuckoo in Kent between Ringwould and Kingsdown, a
Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland at Grindon Lough and a Laughing Gull
on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American Bittern in Suffolk, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Iberian Chiffchaff in Oxfordshire, Penduline Tit in Hertfordshire, Black-headed Wagtail in Lancashire, both Pacific Diver and King Eider in County Cork and Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset. Scarcities included Hoopoe (Dorset), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), Dotterel (Norfolk), two each of Woodchat Shrike, American Wigeon and Glossy Ibis, three of both Cattle Egret and Lapland Bunting, four Ring-necked Ducks and a total of seven Surf Scoters. |
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| Monday 16th April 2018 | ||
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| New rarities today comprised an Iberian Chiffchaff in Oxfordshire at South Hinksey, a
Penduline Tit in Hertfordshire at Tyttenhanger, Subalpine Warbler sp in Cornwall on The Lizard, a
Savi's Warbler briefly in Norfolk at Strumpshaw Fen and a fly-over Black Kite
in East Sussex at Crowborough. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both the American Bittern and Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset and Black-headed Wagtail in Lancashire. Off the Moray coast the count of White-billed Divers increased to 33. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Lothian), two Ring-necked Ducks, three each of both Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis and four Cattle Egrets. |
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| Sunday 15th April 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both the American Bittern and Savi's Warbler
still in Suffolk, the American White-winged Scoter still in Lothian,
Black Scoter in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, three
Coues's Arctic Redpolls together in Norfolk, White-billed Divers in both Moray (four together) and the Western Isles, male
Black-headed Wagtail still in Lancashire with a probable female Black-headed Wagtail new in Gloucestershire at Northwick Warth. Scarcities included Serin (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-billed Gull (County Cork), two Glossy Ibises, three Ring-necked Ducks, five Hoopoes and a total of six Cattle Egrets. |
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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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| 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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