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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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| Saturday 12th January 2019 | ||
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| News of a Hume's Warbler at Newhaven, Sussex was released today, having been present since 27th December last year.
Other lingering rarities seen today included single Dusky Warblers in Dorset and Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Lothian, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Great Grey Shrikes, five Lapland Buntings, 11 Yellow-browed Warblers, 37 Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, a White Stork, 12 Glossy Ibises, seven Rough-legged Buzzards, a Lesser Snow Goose, three Black Brants, 14 Tundra Bean Geese, 24 Taiga Bean Geese, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, three American Wigeon, seven Ring-necked Ducks, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, 15 Iceland Gulls and 20 Glaucous Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 10th January 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today were Pacific Divers in both Cornwall and County Cork, Dusky Warblers in Dorset, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, White-billed Diver on the Western Isles,
Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included Rough-legged Buzzard (Suffolk), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Lapland Bunting (Lincolnshire), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Ring-billed Gull and Lesser Snow Goose, five of American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, 11 Glossy Ibis and 31 Shorelarks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 9th January 2019 | ||
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| A Bonaparte's Gull was found at Furbo, County Clare, and a White-billed Diver was off Housabister, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included single Pacific Divers in Cornwall and County Cork, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, single Dusky Warblers in Warwickshire and Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Richard's Pipit, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, 35 Shorelarks, a White-tailed Eagle, three Rough-legged Buzzards, 11 Glossy Ibises, a White Stork, a Temminck's Stint, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, six American Wigeon, a Black Brant, two Lesser Snow Geese, two Todd's Canada Geese, 13 Tundra Bean Geese, 24 Taiga Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, eight Glaucous Gulls and 13 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 8th January 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a first-winter Lesser White-fronted Goose in Cumbria with Pink-footed Geese at
Burgh-by-Sands. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pacific Diver in County Cork, Eastern Yellow Wagtail on the Isles of Scilly, Dusky Warblers in both Lincolnshire and Warwickshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Richardson's Cackling Goose on the Western Isles and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included Serin and Temminck's Stint (both Cornwall), White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Great Grey Shrike, Ring-billed Gull and Surf Scoter, three Rough-legged Buzzards, four American Wigeons, nine Glossy Ibises, 11 Yellow-browed Warblers, 18 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 19 Shorelarks. |
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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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| 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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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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