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| Saturday 16th March 2019 | ||
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| A new Lesser Scaup was discovered at Blagdon Lake, Somerset, with the long staying bird still nearby at Chew Valley Lake.
Other lingering rarities included the Snowy Owl and White-billed Diver in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford. Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, seven Shorelarks, a Grey Phalarope, a Glossy Ibis, a Rough-legged Buzzard, 12 Tundra Bean Geese, an American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, four Green-winged Teal, six Ring-necked Ducks, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Kumlien's Gull, four Iceland Gulls and six Glaucous Gulls. |
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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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| Friday 15th March 2019 | ||
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Killybegs, Co.Donegal, drew in a first-winter Bonaparte's Gull. A Coues's Arctic Redpoll found in a garden in Cockley Cley, Norfolk, meant two were in the county today, with the popular bird still showing at Sculthorpe Moor NR. Other long-stayers included Penduline Tit in Greater London and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset. Scarcities were represented by a Grey Phalarope (Conwy), two Yellow-browed Warblers (both Gloucestershire), three Great Grey Shrikes, four Shorelarks, a Rough-legged Buzzard (Scilly), nine Glossy Ibises, four Tundra Bean Geese, a Todd's Canada Goose, an American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, 12 Iceland Gulls and six Glaucous Gulls. Spring arrivals remained on a low ebb, but there was news of two Ospreys, 15 Wheatears, nine Swallows, four House Martins and five White Wagtails. |
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| Thursday 14th March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities located today were Snowy Owls on the Shetland Isles again at Ronas Hill, Mainland, and still on the
Orkney Isles on Eday, the Penduline Tit still in Dorset, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcities comprised American Wigeon (Highland), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Yellow-browed Warbler (Gloucestershire), two each of Ring-necked Duck and Great Grey Shrike, five Ring-billed Gulls, 11 Shorelarks, four Green-winged Teal, and a total of 12 Glossy Ibises. Incoming spring migrants included Osprey (Leicestershire), Arctic Skua (Dorset), two Swallows, five each of Little Ringed Plover and White Wagtail, six House Martins and nine Wheatears. |
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| Wednesday 13th March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Snowy Owl still on the Orkney Isles, Penduline Tits in both Dorset and London,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk and a Lesser Scaup again in
Somerset at Chew Valley Lake. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (Yorkshire), Little Bunting (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Ring-necked Duck, Great Grey Shrike, and three Glossy Ibises. Incoming spring migrants were represented by Osprey, two Little Ringed Plovers, five White Wagtails, six Swallows, nine House Martins and a total of 26 Wheatears. |
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| Tuesday 12th March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today were the Snowy Owl still on the Orkney Isles on Eday, and in Dorset the
Lesser Yellowlegs remains at Lodmoor. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (South Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (County Meath), Glossy Ibis (Cornwall), two each of both Yellow-browed Warbler and Green-winged Teal, three of Ring-billed Gull and Ring-necked Duck and 11 Shorelarks. Incoming spring migrants were Osprey, two House Martins, three each of both Little Ringed Plover and White Wagtail, and 11 Wheatears. |
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| Monday 11th March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Penduline Tit still in London, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (Nottinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck and Surf Scoter, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Glossy Ibises and 10 Shorelarks. Incoming migrants were represented by Little Ringed Plover (South Yorkshire), three Swallows, five Wheatears and a total of seven House Martins. |
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| Sunday 10th March 2019 | ||
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The American Herring Gull and Red-rumped Swallow in Co.Cork, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper in Co.Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset all extended their stays. Scarcities included three Shorelarks, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Glossy Ibises, two White Storks, two Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, four Taiga Bean Geese, 11 Tundra Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Kumlien's Gulls, six Iceland Gulls and five Glaucous Gulls. |
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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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| Friday 8th March 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Pacific Diver (Cornwall),
Red-rumped Swallow (Co Cork), Spotted Sandpiper
(Co Wexford), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset),
Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire), Long-billed Dowitcher
(Lincolnshire), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Norfolk) and
Pied-billed Grebe (Shetland). The best of the rest included Kumlien's Gull (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lapland Bunting (Norfolk), White-tailed Eagle (Shetland), two Taiga Bean Geese, American Wigeons and Yellow-browed Warblers, three Tundra Bean Geese, four Ring-necked Ducks, Great Grey Shrikes and Rough-legged Buzzards, seven Glossy Ibises and 20 Shorelarks. |
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| Thursday 7th March 2019 | ||
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A Red-rumped Swallow was found at Youghal, Co.Cork. Ongoing rarities were represented by Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, The best of the rest were two Rough-legged Buzzards, 16 Shorelarks, Richard's Pipit, Pallas's Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teal, an American Wigeon, three Ring-necked Ducks, two Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, 10 Iceland Gulls, four Glaucous Gulls, and two vagrant White-tailed Eagles (West Sussex and Shetland). Spring migrants included 150 Sand Martins, a House Martin, 11 Swallows, a White Wagtail and five Wheatears. |
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