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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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| Friday 12th April 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Red-flanked Bluetail at Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland, a Bonaparte's Gull at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, two Black-winged Stilts at Vange Marsh RSPB, Essex, a Red-rumped Swallow at Portland, Dorset, a Black Kite at Walberswick, Suffolk and a Ferruginous Duck at West Allotment, Northumberland.
Lingering rarities included the Tengmalm's Owl and Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Great Spotted Cuckoo in the Isle of Wight, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, three White-billed Divers in Moray and one in Aberdeenshire and two Ferruginous Ducks in Nottinghamshire. Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Pallas's Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, two Hoopoes, four Great Grey Shrikes, a Spotted Crake, a Surf Scoter and a Rough-legged Buzzard. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 10th April 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the surprise reappearance of the Tengmalm's Owl
on the Shetland Isles at Tresta where it had earlier been present from 19th February util 2nd March. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight;
Blue-winged Teal, Black Duck and King Eider in Highland; Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset,
Lesser Scaup in Somerset, two Ferruginous Ducks together in Nottinghamshire at Attenborough,
White-billed Diver in County Galway off Inishbofin, and fly-over Black Kites in both Surrey and West Sussex. A Coues's Arctic Redpoll was in Lincoln for its 17th day. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Serin (Dorset), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Hoopoe (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Spotted Crake (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), four Glossy Ibis, five Green-winged Teal, Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and six each of both Ring-necked Duck and Great Grey Shrike. Incoming spring migrants included Swift (Essex), two each of Garden Warbler and Pied Flycatcher, 20 Ospreys, 21 Arctic Terns, 35 Garganey and a total of 49 Ring Ouzels. |
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| Tuesday 9th April 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the American White-winged Scoter still in Lothian,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Lesser Scaup in Somerset whilst on Anglesey the
Black Kite showed again at South Stack. Scaricites included Serin (Dorset), Hoopoe (Norfolk), Rough-legged Buzzard (Isles of Scilly), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Ring-necked Duck (East Sussex), two each of both Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, and a total of five Great Grey Shrikes. Incoming summer migrants included Blue-headed Wagtail (Cornwall), Swift (West Sussex), two Little Terns, three Black Terns, 13 Ospreys, 32 Garganey and 35 Ring Ouzels. |
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| Monday 8th April 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was reappearance of the American White-winged Scoter in Lothian at Fisherrow where it had last been seen on 9th November 2018. Rarities elsewhere comprised the
Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset,
King Eider in Highland, White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcities included Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Wryneck (Cornwall), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), two each of Hoopoe, Surf Scoter and Dotterel, three of Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis, and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming summer migrants included Spotted Flycatcher (Hertfordshire), Blue-headed Wagtail (London), Garden Warbler (Carmarthenshire), Little Tern (West Sussex), two Pied Flycatchers, three Black Terns, seven Arctic Terns, 15 Ospreys, 40 Garganey and a total of 41 Ring Ouzels. An update on the Hooded Merganser present yesterday in County Wexford was that the bird was a ringed escape. |
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| Sunday 7th April 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Hooded Merganser found in County Wexford at The Cull. Rarities elsewhere comprised the
Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, Bonaparte's Gull again in Devon,
Pied-billed Grebes in both Argyll and the Shetland Isles, Black Duck Highland,
Blue-winged Teal, King Eider all still in Highland, territorial Savi's Warbler
in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset,
Lesser Scaup in Somerset and perhaps the same Black Kite in both Anglesey and Gwynedd. Scarcities included White-Spotted Bluethroat (Suffolk), Serin and Wryneck (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Shorelark (Shetland Isles), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Snow Goose (County Wexford), two each of Hoopoe and Dotterel, three of Yellow-browed Warbler, Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis, and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included two Swifts, three each of both Nightingale and Pied Flycatcher, 16 Ospreys, 35 Garganey and a total of 55 Ring Ouzels. |
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| Saturday 6th April 2019 | ||
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| A Black Kite was seen over Holyhead Mountain, Anglesey early afternoon.
Lingering rarities included the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Blue-winged Teal, Black Duck and King Eider in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire. Scarcity highlights included a White-spotted Bluethroat, two Hoopoes, three Shorelarks, five Great Grey Shrikes, two Dotterel, three Rough-legged Buzzards, a Kumlien's Gull and three Ring-billed Gulls. |
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| Friday 5th April 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, a
Red-rumped Swallow new in Glamorgan at Kenfig Pool, Blue-winged Teal still in Highland,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset, and three
White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (reported in Northumberland), Night Heron (Isles of Scilly), Great Grey Shrike (Northamptonshire), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler, three of both Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis, four Shorelarks, and a total of six Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included Nightingale (Surrey), Lesser Whitethroat (Staffordshire), Cuckoo (Essex), two each of Little Tern, Garden Warbler and Hobby, three Grasshopper Warblers, four Pied Flycatchers, 17 Ring Ouzels, 19 Garganey, 20 Arctic Terns and a total of 21 migrant Ospreys. Significant late news concerned a Ross's Gull present on 31st March at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. |
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| Thursday 4th April 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Black Kite over Pegwell Bay, Kent, and a report of an orange-billed tern species off Mousehole, Cornwall.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Pallas's Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, 11 Shorelarks, a Black-bellied Dipper, three Rough-legged Buzzards, two Tundra Bean Geese, two Surf Scoters, two Green-winged Teals, our Ring-necked Ducks, three Iceland Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls, a Night Heron, three Glossy Ibises and a White Stork. |
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