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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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| Tuesday 28th January 2020 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today were a Penduline Tit in Dorset at Lodmoor, and in County Londonderry a
Lesser Yellowlegs inland at Lough Beg. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Black Scoter in Angus, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Marshside, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, and King Eider on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Little Bunting (East Sussex), Richard's Pipit (Kent), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Green-winged Teal, four of Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-necked Duck and Shorelark, and a total of five Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 27th January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire,
Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire,
Black Scoter in Angus, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Dumfries and Galloway,
Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford,
Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Merseyside. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Wigeon (Somerset), Yellow-browed Warbler (North Yorkshire), Shorelark (Suffolk), two Glossy Ibises, three each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-billed Gull and Ring-necked Duck, five Green-winged Teals, and six Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 26th January 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a first-winter American Herring Gull in Dorset at West Bexington, where it had first been seen yesterday. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles, and Long-billed Dowitchers in County Meath (2), County Wexford and Merseyside. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Wigeon (Aberdeenshire), Shorelark (Suffolk), Snow Goose (Orkney Isles), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Surf Scoter, Lapland Bunting and Yellow-browed Warbler, three Glossy Ibis, four Rough-legged Buzzard, five Great Grey Shrike, six Green-winged Teal, and seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 23rd January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire, both American Buff-bellied Pipit and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall,
Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire,
Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire,
Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Merseyside, and two
Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lapland Bunting (Kent), two Glossy Ibises, three each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Green-winged Teal, four Great Grey Shrikes, seven Ring-billed Gulls and a total of 12 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 22nd January 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, King Eider in Shetland and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles.
Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, two Lapland Buntings, three Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Surf Scoter, two Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Black Brants, 17 Tundra Bean Geese, a Little Auk, two Ring-billed Gulls, nine Iceland Gulls and 13 Glaucous Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 21st January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities confirmed as still present today were the White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk,
American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire,
Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Merseyside, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire and Bonaparte's Gull
in County Wexford. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lapland Bunting (Kent), Glossy Ibis and Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), two each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Richard's Pipit and Green-winged Teal, three Ring-billed Gulls, five Shorelarks, six Great Grey Shrikes and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 20th January 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was news that the Eastern Stonechat present at Ashton's Flash, Cheshire since 23rd December has been identified as a
Siberian Stonechat through DNA analysis, whilst the absence of white at the base of the tail indicates that it is of the nominate form maurus;
West Siberian Stonechat. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), two each of Richard's Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler, Glossy Ibis and Lapland Bunting, three of Rough-legged Buzzard and Green-winged Teal, five Great Grey Shrike, six Shorelarks and seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 19th January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire,
American Buff-bellied Pipit and Pacific Diver Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk,
Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, Snowy Owl in County Cork, Black Scoters in both Angus and Northumberland,
Richardson's Cackling Goose in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire,
Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon, Merseyside and County Wicklow, and Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire, Norfolk and West Yorkshire; the latter new-in at Anglers' Country Park. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Richard's Pipit, American Wigeon, Yellow-browed Warbler and Glossy Ibis, four of Rough-legged Buzzard and Lapland Bunting, five of Great Grey Shrike and Shorelark, and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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