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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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| Monday 9th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Eastern Stonechat still in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon and
Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshrire), Glossy Ibis and Sabine's Gull (Kent), three Ring-necked Ducks and four Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 8th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised Bonaparte's Gulls new in both County Donegal at Killybegs
and County Durham at Whitburn, the Eastern Stonechat still in Suffolk,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron and Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Conwy), Glossy Ibis (Kent), Snow Goose (Western Isles), and three each of Ring-billed Gull, Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 5th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Hermit Thrush still on the Isles of Scilly,
Snowy Owl on the Orkney Isles, Eastern Stonechat in Suffolk, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, and in Devon both
the Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher remained. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Golden Plover (County Clare), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), two Rough-legged Buzzards and three Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 3rd December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Steller's Eider still on the Orkney Isles, Hermit Thrush on the Isles of Scilly,
Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat
in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Northumberland and County Wicklow. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Surf Scoter (Conwy), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Snow Goose (Western Isles), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), three each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Glossy Ibis, four Yellow-browed Warblers and a total of nine Ring-necked Ducks. Significant late news concerned a Wilson's Phalarope seen yesterday near Ballyllongford, County Kerry. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 2nd December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Hermit Thrush still on the Isles of Scilly, Forster's Tern in County Galway,
Eastern Stonechat in Suffolk, Coues's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles,
Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in County Mayo, Hooded Merganser in Staffordshire, and
Long-billed Dowitchers in both Northumberland and County Wicklow. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Cambridgeshire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), American Wigeon (County Galway), Glossy Ibis (Kent), two each of both Surf Scoter and Rough-legged Buzzard, four Yellow-browed Warblers and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Sunday 1st December 2019 | ||
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| An Eastern Stonechat species was found at Hollesley Marshes RSPB, Suffolk today.
Lingering rarities included the Hermit Thrush in Scilly, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, White-billed Diver in Orkney and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Little Bunting, two Lapland Buntings, three Great Grey Shrikes, eight Shorelarks, four Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Snow Goose, four Taiga Bean Geese, seven Tundra Bean Geese, a Green-winged Teal, three Surf Scoters, eleven Ring-necked Ducks, three Pomarine Skuas, four Little Auks, a Ring-billed Gull, three Glaucous Gulls and three Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 30th November 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Penduline Tit at Stodmarsh and Grove Ferry, Kent, and a dowitcher species at Kilcoole, County Wicklow.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Hermit Thrush in Scilly, Steller's Eider and nine White-billed Divers in Orkney, single Black Scoters in Northumberland and Angus, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon. Scarcity highlights included two Pallas's Warblers, five Great Grey Shrikes, five Lapland Buntings, six Shorelarks, two Surf Scoters, two Green-winged Teals, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, 18 Tundra Bean Geese, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Glossy Ibis, six Pomarine Skuas, six Little Auks, a Kumlien's Gull, a Ring-billed Gull, a Glaucous Gull and an Iceland Gull. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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