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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 23rd December 2019 | ||
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| A male Eastern Yellow Wagtail, of the nominate form tschutschensis, was discovered in a field near Sedgeford, Norfolk mid afternoon.
Lingering rarities included the Steller's Eider in Orkney, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat sp in Suffolk and Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon. Scarcity highlights included four Yellow-browed Warblers, five Great Grey Shrikes, seven Lapland Buntings, four Rough-legged Buzzards, a Glossy Ibis, a Green-winged Teal, a Surf Scoter, eight Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, seven Taiga Bean Geese, 14 Tundra Bean Geese, two Pomarine Skuas, a Ring-billed Gulls, two Glaucous Gulls and eight Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 22nd December 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush at Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail at Prestwick Carr, Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat sp at Hollesley, Suffolk, White-winged Scoter at Fisherrow, Lothian, Black Scoter at Goswick, Northumberland and single Long-billed Dowitchers at Topsham, Devon and Cresswell, Northumberland.
Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Yellow-browed Warbler, four Shorelarks, four Great Grey Shrikes, eight Lapland Buntings, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, a Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, a Tundra Bean Goose, 12 Taiga Bean Geese, a Pomarine Skua, three Little Auks, three Ring-billed Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls and three Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 20th December 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities today included the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland, White-winged Scoter in Lothian and single Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Northumberland.
Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Glossy Ibis, two Green-winged Teals, two American Wigeon, a Grey Phalarope, a Ring-billed Gull, two Glaucous Gulls, two Iceland Gulls, three Tundra Bean Geese and 137 Taiga Bean Geese. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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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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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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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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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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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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