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| Sunday 13th January 2019 | ||
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A near-adult American Herring Gull was identified on the Beara Peninsula, Co.Cork. Pacific Divers were still in Co.Cork and Cornwall. The Lesser Scaup reappeared in Staffordshire and other lingering rarities included Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, Dusky Warblers in Lincolnshire and Dorset, Spotted Sandpiper in Co.Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Borders, Lothian and Shetland. Scarcities included four Rough-legged Buzzards, a Temminck's Stint, eight Shorelarks, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, two Great Grey Shrikes, a Rose-coloured Starling, three Lapland Buntings, three Little Auks, a Ring-billed Gull, 13 Glaucous Gulls, 11 Iceland Gulls, eight Glossy Ibises, a Lesser Snow Goose, two Black Brants, 27 Taiga Bean Geese, 13 Tundra Bean Geese, three American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal and 16 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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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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| 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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| Friday 11th January 2019 | ||
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| Rarity highlights included Pied-billed Grebe and
White-billed Diver (Shetland), King Eider
(Ceredigion), Pacific Diver (Co Cork), Lesser
Yellowlegs (Cornwall and Dorset), Dusky Warbler
(Lincolnshire), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Lothian),
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Isles of Scilly) and Lesser Scaup
(Somerset). The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Great Grey Shrike (Glamorgan), Lapland Bunting (Lincolnshire), Lesser Snow Goose (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Todd's Canada Goose (Cumbria), two Rose-coloured Starlings and Green-winged Teals, three American Wigeons, four Rough-legged Buzzards, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, eight Ring-necked Ducks and Glossy Ibises, 10 Tundra Bean Geese, 21 Taiga Bean Geese and at least 31 Shorelarks. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Sunday 6th January 2019 | ||
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An adult female Lesser Scaup was identified at Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire. Ongoing rarities included three Dusky Warblers (Dorset, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire), Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, King Eider in Ceredigion, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and four Coues's Arctic Redpolls (Borders, Lothian, Norfolk and East Yorkshire). Scarcities included six Rough-legged Buzzards, 37 Shorelarks, nine Yellow-browed Warblers, five Lapland Buntings, five Great Grey Shrikes, a Rose-coloured Starling, 205 Waxwings, a Common Rosefinch, a Richard's Pipit, a Temminck's Stint, a Ring-billed Gull, seven Iceland Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls, a Lesser Snow Goose, 26 Taiga Bean Geese, eight Tundra Bean Geese, six American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, 15 Ring-necked Ducks, three Surf Scoters, White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire) and a White Stork. |
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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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An additional Coues's Arctic Redpoll was found alongside the bird at Hopes Reservoir, Lothian. The only other fresh rarity news was of two White-billed Divers off Scrabster, Highland, in recent days. The Eastern Yellow Wagtail reappeared on St.Mary's, Scilly, while other rarities still in place included Penduline Tit in Dorset, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in East Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers in Lincolnshire and Warwickshire, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Western Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in Co.Wexford, two Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, White-billed Divers in Shetland and Western Isles. The best of the rest were 12 Shorelarks, a Richard's Pipit, four Yellow-browed Warblers, 341 Waxwings, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Great Grey Shrikes, a Common Rosefinch, a Temminck's Stint, six Rough-legged Buzzards, 13 Glossy Ibises, a Ring-billed Gull, six Glaucous Gulls, 10 Iceland Gulls, two Taiga Bean Geese, 11 Tundra Bean Geese, two Black Brant, four American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, nine Ring-necked Ducks and two Surf Scoters. |
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