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| Sunday 15th September 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Aquatic Warbler at Titchfield Haven, Hampshire, a Hooded Merganser at King George V Reservoir, London, a Long-billed Dowitcher at West Gerenish, Western Isles, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Lauragh, Co.Kerry.
Lingering rarities included the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Hampshire, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in Yorkshire and Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs' in Pembrokeshire and Scilly and Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire. Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Night Heron, two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Red-backed Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, eight Wrynecks, 15 Lapland Buntings, a Temminck's Stint, a Red-necked Phalarope, two Buff-breasted Sandpipers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, five Grey Phalaropes, six American Golden Plovers, two Spotted Crakes, a Montagu's Harrier, a Glossy Ibis, an Iceland Gull, a Surf Scoter, a Great Shearwater, four Long-tailed Skuas, ten Pomarine Skuas, seven Sabine's Gulls, 20 Leach's Petrels and 11 Taiga Bean Geese. |
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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 14th September 2019 | ||
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| Highlight of the day was the discovery of a very obliging Eastern Olivaceous Warbler at Farlington Marshes, Hampshire, the first record for the county.
Other new discoveries included Tawny Pipits at Nanquido and Porthgwarra, both Cornwall and a a Long-billed Dowitcher at Fairburn Ings RSPB, Yorkshire. Lingering rarities included the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Subalpine Warbler in County Donegal, Wilson's Phalarope in County Wexford, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Scilly and Pembrokeshire and Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire. Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Hoopoe, a Bluethroat, a Barred Warbler, two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Red-backed Shrikes, five Wrynecks, 26 Lapland Buntings, three Honey Buzzards, a Glossy Ibis, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, four Grey Phalaropes, four Dotterels, five Pectoral Sandpipers, six American Golden Plovers, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Sabine's Gulls, four Great Shearwaters, a Long-tailed Skua, four Pomarine Skuas and six Leach's Petrels. |
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| Friday 13th September 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Subalpine Warbler on Tory Island, County Donegal, a Red-footed Falcon at Landguard, Suffolk and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor, Dorset, with another present on Tresco, Isles of Scilly for its fourth day.
Lingering rarities included the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Western Bonelli's Warbler and Subalpine Warbler in Western Isles, Wilson's Phalarope and Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Bluethroat, a Wryneck, a Common Rosefinch, a Woodchat Shrike, four Red-backed Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, 19 Lapland Buntings, two Spotted Crakes, a Montagu's Harrier, two Honey Buzzards, a Snow Goose, a Red-necked Phalarope, four American Golden Plovers, four Pectoral Sandpipers, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers, five Sabine's Gulls, five Leach's Petrels, a Long-tailed Skua and five Pomarine Skuas. |
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| Thursday 12th September 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Western Bonelli's Warbler on Barra, Western Isles, a Black-winged Stilt at Lytchett Bay, Dorset and a White-rumped Sandpiper at Lissagriffin, County Cork.
Lingering rarities included the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Citrine Wagtail in Orkney, Wilson's Phalarope in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire and Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire. Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Little Bunting, a Bluethroat, a Wryneck, a Woodchat Shrike, two Red-backed Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, 29 Lapland Buntings, a Spotted Crake, a Honey Buzzard, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Grey Phalarope, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, thee Pectoral Sandpipers, four American Golden Plovers, a Glossy Ibis, a Ring-billed Gull, an Iceland Gull, a Great Shearwater, a Long-tailed Skua, a Pomarine Skua, eight Leach's Petrels and 23 Roseate Terns. |
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| Wednesday 11th September 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Common Nighthawk seen briefly in Argyll at Loch Laich; the second Nearctic landbird of the autumn to be located in
Britain following the Cliff Swallow on the Isle of Skye, Highland on 27th August. Otherwise. Nearctic waders dominated with a Spotted Sandpiper new in County Kerry at Barrow Harbour, Hudsonian Whimbrel still on the Western Isles, a Long-billed Dowitcher on the Western Isles on Lewis with an unidentified dowitcher in Dorset at Lodmoor, Wilson's Phalarope still in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Pembrokeshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Western Isles and in both County Kerry and County Wexford, White-rumped Sandpiper in both East Yorkshire and the Western Isles, two Pectoral Sandpipers, and three each of both Buff-breasted Sandpiper and American Golden Plover. Rarities elsewhere comprised both the Snowy Owl and Subalpine Warbler species still on the Western Isles, a Citrine Wagtail briefly in Norfolk at Cley and a Black-winged Stilt new in Berkshire at Moor Green Lakes. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Hampshire), Icterine Warbler (Shetland Isles), Red-necked Phalarope (West Sussex), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Dotterel and Shorelark (Western Isles), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Long-tailed Skua (County Down), two each of Barred Warbler, Common Rosefinch and Sabine's Gull, three Wrynecks, four Red-backed Shrikes and 27 Lapland Buntings. |
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| Tuesday 10th September 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Isabelline Wheatear on Bardsey Island, Gwynedd. Elsewhere new rarities were a
Blyth's Reed Warbler identified in Norfolk on Blakeney Point, a Greenish Warbler briefly in Aberdeenshire at Girdle Ness, and in County Kerry Semipalmated Sandpipers
discovered at both Carrahane Strand and Cromane Point. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Wilson's Phalarope and Semipalmated Sandpiper together in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Pembrokeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Clare, and White-rumped Sandpipers in Aberdeenshire and East Yorkshire. Scarcities included Little Bunting, Woodchat Shrike and Marsh Warbler (Orkney Isles), Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Hoopoe (Norfolk), Ring-necked Duck (Aberdeenshire), Long-tailed Skua (North Yorkshire), two each of both Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Bluethroat, three Dotterel, four Pectoral Sandpipers, five each of American Golden Plover, Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck, seven of Barred Warbler and Common Rosefinch, and a total of 18 Lapland Buntings. |
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| Monday 9th September 2019 | ||
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| New rarities today comprised a Bonelli's Warbler species on the Isles of Scilly on
Tresco and a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Snowy Owl and Hudsonian Whimbrel together on the Western Isles, the unidentified Eastern Black-eared or Pied Wheatear in Lancashire, Subalpine Warbler species on the Western Isles, Wilson's Phalarope and Semipalmated Sandpiper together in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Pembrokeshire and White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cornwall), Bluethroat (Hampshire), Ortolan Bunting (Essex), Woodchat Shrike (County Cork), Long-tailed Skua (East Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Montagu's Harrier (East Sussex), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Shorelark (Orkney Isles), two Surf Scoters, three each of Icterine Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Red-backed Shrike, American Golden Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper, five Wrynecks, and a total of 33 Lapland Buntings. |
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| Sunday 8th September 2019 | ||
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A Collared Flycatcher was trapped and ringed on the Isle of May in Fife, while a Wilson's Phalarope arrived at Tacumshin in Co.Wexford and an influx of Pink-feet carried a Red-breasted Goose to Marshside in Merseyside. Extending their stays were the Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co.Wexford, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire and the Pied or Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire. The day's scarcities included three American Golden Plovers (Kent, Shetland and Co.Kerry), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cornwall), Red-necked Phalarope (Suffolk), two Pectoral Sandpipers (Clyde and Co.Wexford), Richard's Pipit (Pembrokeshire), Little Bunting (Shetland), Ortolan Bunting (Dorset), White-spotted Bluethroat (Hampshire), five Red-backed Shrikes, Woodchat Shrike (Co.Cork), five Common Rosefinches, Icterine Warbler (Northumberland), Melodious Warbler (Cornwall), six Barred Warblers, Marsh Warbler (East Yorkshire), 21 Lapland Buntings, Hoopoe (Essex), seven Wrynecks, Sabine's Gull (Suffolk), Shorelark (Orkney), Montagu's Harrier (Lancashire), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), five Honey Buzzards, three Long-tailed Skuas and 12 Pomarine Skuas. |
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| Saturday 7th September 2019 | ||
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| In North Yorkshire a Fea's/Desertas Petrel flew north past Hunmanby Gap then Filey early morning, but wasn't tracked any further. Other new discoveries today included an Aquatic Warbler at Nanjizal, Cornwall, a Subalpine Warbler species at Bornish, South Uist and a Hudsonian Whimbrel on St Kilda, both Western Isles, and Citrine Wagtails at Minsmere, Suffolk, and Lady's Island Lake, Co.Wexford.
The Brown Booby reappeared late afternoon at Kynance, having been missing for the rest of the day. Other lingering rarities seen today included the unidentified Eastern Black-eared or Pied Wheatear in Lancashire, Kentish Plover in Hampshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Pembrokeshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Wexford, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in Nottinghamshire, Snowy Owl in Western Isles and Black Duck in Highland. |
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| Friday 6th September 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Citrine Wagtail on Papa Westray, Orkney and a White-rumped Sandpiper at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Lingering rarities included the Brown Booby in Cornwall, unidentified Eastern Black-eared or Pied Wheatear in Lancashire, Black-winged Stilt in Nottinghamshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Wexford and White-rumped Sandpipers in Yorkshire and Western Isles. A Wilson's Petrel was off Lizard, Cornwall. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Glossy Ibis, four Pectoral Sandpipers, four Lapland Buntings, eight Wrynecks, nine Long-tailed Skuas, ten Grey Phalaropes, 17 Sabine's Gulls, 67 Pomarine Skuas, around 99 Leach's Petrels and an Iceland Gull. |
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