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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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| Monday 31st December 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Dusky Warblers in Warwickshire and Dorset, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Lesser Scaup in Anglesey, King Eider in Ceredigion and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, four Great Grey Shrikes, four Lapland Buntings, 28 Shorelarks, around 163 Waxwings, a Black-bellied Dipper, a Temminck's Stint, a White-tailed Eagle, three Rough-legged Buzzards, a Green-winged Teal, two American Wigeon, five Ring-necked Ducks, two Black Brants, seven Tundra Bean Geese, 18 Taiga Bean Geese, a Kumlien's Gull, seven Glaucous Gulls and 16 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 30th December 2018 | ||
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| New discoveries included a Pacific Diver off Portscatho, Cornwall, a White-billed Diver off Druridge Bay, Northumberland and a Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Whiteadder Reservoir, Borders.
Lingering rarities included single Dusky Warblers in Warwickshire and Dorset, Desert Wheatear in Scily, Pacific Diver in County Cork, King Eider in Ceredigion, single Lesser Scaup in Anglesey and Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, four Lapland Buntings, 12 Shorelarks, around 143 Waxwings, a Black-bellied Dipper, a Pomarine Skua, three Rough-legged Buzzards, four Black Brants, 12 Taiga Bean Geese, 25 Tundra Bean Geese, a Green-winged Teal, two American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, six Ring-necked Ducks, a Kumlien's Gull, four Glaucous Gulls and six Iceland Gulls. |
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| Saturday 29th December 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Pacific Diver still in County Cork, Dusky Warblers in both Dorset and Warwickshire, two Coues's Arctic Redpolls together in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire,
Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and single Lesser Scaups in both Anglesey and Somerset. Scarcities included Common Rosefinch (Isles of Scilly), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Surf Scoter (County Donegal), Great Grey Shrike (Staffordshire), Black-bellied Dipper (Norfolk), Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis (County Wexford), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Lapland Bunting, four Rough-legged Buzzards, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, 15 Shorelarks, 118 Cattle Egrets and a total of 211 Waxwings. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 26th December 2018 | ||
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| The American Royal Tern relocated to Scilly today, being found in Hugh Town harbour mid afternoon before doing a short tour of The Roads and finally heading off south-west late afternoon.
A Coues's Arctic Redpoll was found at Baltasound, Unst, Shetland. Lingering rarities included the Desert Wheatear in Scilly, single Dusky Warblers in Warwickshire and Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and single Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire and Powys. Scarcity highlights included two Great Grey Shrikes, 31 Shorelarks, approximately 284 Waxwings, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Todd's Canada Goose, 12 Tundra Bean Geese, a Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, five Surf Scoters, three Ring-billed Gulls, two Glaucous Gulls, six Iceland Gulls and a Glossy Ibis. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 25th December 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Desert Wheatear in Scilly, Dusky Warbler in Warwickshire and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, nine Shorelarks, approximately 172 Waxwings, six Taiga Bean Geese, eight Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-necked Duck, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-billed Gull, a Glaucous Gull and two Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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