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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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| Thursday 19th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire,
White-winged Scoter in Lothian, and both Eastern Yellow Wagtail and
Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire), Yellow-browed Warbler (North Yorkshire) and two Rough-legged Buzzards (Norfolk and South Yorkshire). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 18th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Steller's Eider still on the Orkney Isles,
Lesser White-fronted Goose in Norfolk, White-winged Scoter in Lothian,
Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland,
Eastern Stonechat in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll and
White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Snow Goose (Highland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Glossy Ibis (Devon), Kumlien's Gull (County Kerry), Rough-legged Buzzards in Norfolk and Suffolk, and a total of nine Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Tuesday 17th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire,
Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon and two
Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Merseyside), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), two Rough-legged Buzzards, four each of both Yellow-browed Warbler and Lapland Bunting, five Surf Scoters and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Monday 16th December 2019 | ||
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| A Black-thoated Thrush was seen in Hamilton, Clyde briefly.
Lingering rarities included the Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Stonechat sp in Suffolk, Dusky Warbler in Scilly, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles. Scarcity highlights included a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Lapland Buntings, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks, two Grey Phalaropes, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Purple Heron, two Glossy Ibises, a Pomarine Skua, two Iceland Gulls, seven Glaucous Gulls, a Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Snow Geese, two Black Brants and ten Tundra Bean Geese. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 14th December 2019 | ||
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| In Norfolk, the adult Lesser White-fronted Goose was seen again, this time near Burnham Market. Further north, a Richardson's Cackling Goose was near Castle Stuart, Highland.
The Black-throated Thrush remained at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, as did the Eastern Stonechat sp at Hollesley, Suffolk, and the Steller's Eider made a reappearance on Papa Westray, Orkney. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, two Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, 12 Lapland Buntings, a Grey Phalarope, three Rough-legged Buzzards, a Little Auk, a Snow Goose, a Black Brant, eight Taiga Bean Geese, an American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teals, nine Ring-necked Ducks, a Ring-billed Gull, two Iceland Gulls and three Glaucous Gulls. |
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| Thursday 12th December 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Eastern Stonechat
still in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles, and
Long-billed Dowitchers in both Cumbria and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Ring-necked Duck (Essex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (North Yorkshire), and two each of Green-winged Teal, Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis. |
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| Wednesday 11th December 2019 | ||
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| New rarities today comprised a Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire at Whipsnade Zoo,
Penduline Tit in London at Crossness and on the Isles of Scilly a Dusky Warbler
on St Mary's. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were a Forster's Tern in County Galway,
Eastern Stonechat in Suffolk and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-necked Duck (West Yorkshire), American Wigeon (County Galway), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, and seven Shorelarks (together in Norfolk). |
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| Tuesday 10th December 2019 | ||
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| Notables today were Long-billed Dowitchers still in both Devon and Northumberland,
Purple Heron and Ring-necked Duck still n Lancashire, Green-winged Teal in Ayrshire,
Lapland Bunting in Norfolk, and Rough-legged Buzzards in Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk. A total of 119 Waxwings was recorded with the majority in Elgin, Moray. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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