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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 7th January 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised single Dusky Warblers still in both Lincolnshire and Warwickshire,
Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Coues's Arctic Redpoll new in Norfolk
at Barton Broad. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Conwy), Common Rosefinch (Shetland), Great Grey Shrike (Cambridgeshire), White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Ring-billed Gull (Clyde), Surf Scoter (County Meath), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), two each of both Richard's Pipit and Lapland Bunting, five American Wigeons, six Yellow-browed Warblers, seven Rough-legged Buzzards, eight Glossy Ibises, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 30 Shorelarks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 5th January 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Forster's Tern still in County Galway, Pacific Diver in Cornwall,
Pied-billed Grebe on the Shetland Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset,
Dusky Warblers in Dorset, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire, Coues's Arctic Redpolls in East Yorkshire, Lothian and Norfolk,
White-billed Diver on the Western Isles and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Suffolk), Common Rosefinch (Isles of Scilly), Richard's Pipit (County Durham), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Great Grey Shrike (Glamorgan), White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), three Surf Scoters, four Yellow-browed Warblers, five each of American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-billed Gull and Rough-legged Buzzard, eight Glossy Ibises and a total of 44 Shorelarks. |
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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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