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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 9th March 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Penduline Tits in Greater London and Dorset, Forster's Tern in Co.Galway, Red-rumped Swallow in County Cork and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk.
Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, three Yellow-browed Warblers, five Great Grey Shrikes, 23 Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, a Night Heron, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Tundra Bean Geese, two Taiga Bean Geese, an American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, three Glossy Ibises, three Ring-billed Gulls, three Kumlien's Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls and 17 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 6th March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still on the Shetland Isles,
Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Temminck's Stint (all Cornwall), Hoopoe (Pembrokeshire), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Great Grey Shrike (Nottinghamshire), Snow Goose (County Wexford), two Ring-necked Ducks, three Glossy Ibises and five Shorelarks. Incoming spring migrants included single House Martin and White Wagtail, two Swallows, three Wheatears and a total of 29 Sand Martins. |
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| Monday 4th March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still on the Shetland Isles,
Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly, Penduline Tit in Dorset,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset and White-billed Divers
off the Orkney Isles, Shetland Isles and Western Isles. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Richard's Pipit (County Wexford), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Glossy Ibis (East Sussex), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, three Ring-billed Gulls, five Yellow-browed Warblers and a total of nine Shorelarks. Spring migrants were represented by a Little Ringed Plover (Hampshire), two Ospreys, four Wheatears, six Swallows and a total of 87 Sand Martins across 19 counties. |
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| Sunday 3rd March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Red-rumped Swallow still on the Isles of Scilly,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk and
Pied-billed Grebe on the Shetland Isles but there there was no sign of the Tengmalm's Owl. Early migrants recorded were Osprey (Fife), Little Ringed Plover (Hampshire), four House Martins and a total of 83 Sand Martins across 19 counties. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (County Wexford), American Wigeon (Highland), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Great Grey Shrike, Lapland Bunting and Glossy Ibis, three Ring-necked Ducks and a total of 25 Shorelarks. |
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| Saturday 2nd March 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Tengmalm's Owl at Tresta, Pied-billed Grebe at Loch of Spiggie and White-billed Diver at Kirkabister, all Shetland, Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Sculthorpe Moor, Norfolk, Penduline Tit at Crossness, London, Red-rumped Swallow at Porth Hellick, Scilly, Spotted Sandpipers at Ferrybank, County Wexford and Killongford, County Waterford, Long-billed Dowitcher at Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire and Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor, Dorset.
Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Richard's Pipit, two Little Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, six Yellow-browed Warblers, 26 Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, a Pomarine Skua, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, a Snow Goose, four Tundra Bean Geese, an American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, five Ring-necked Ducks, six Green-winged Teal, a Ring-billed Gull and two Kumlien's Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 28th February 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Tengmalm's Owl, Pied-billed Grebe, Coues's Acrtic Redpoll
and two White-billed Divers all on the Shetland Isles, single Penduline Tits in both Dorset and London,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll and
White-billed Diver on the Western Isles. Spring arrivals were again headlined by a Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly and supported by a Swift in Cornwall, two each of House Martin and White Wagtail, four Wheatears, 11 Swallows and a total of 190 Sand Martins across 22 counties. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (County Wexford), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Great Grey Shrike (Nottinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull and Temminck's Stint (both Cornwall), two each of Ring-necked Duck and Yellow-browed Warbler, five Glossy Ibises, and 15 Shorelarks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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