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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 27th February 2020 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today were an American Herring Gull in County Sligo at Sligo, a
White-billed Diver in Cornwall on the sea at Cape Cornwall, and a Ferruginous Duck at Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Pacific Diver and American Herring Gull in County Cork, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lancashire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Rough-legged Buzzard (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), two each of American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal and Kumlien's Gull, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Great Grey Shrikes, six each of both Shorelark and Lapland Bunting, and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 26th February 2020 | ||
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| A female Two-barred Crossbill was at Lough Gay Bog, County Limerick, a county first.
Lingering rarities included the Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in County Antrim, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lancashire. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Shorelark, a Yellow-browed Warbler, three Great Grey Shrikes, a Grey Phalarope, two Glossy Ibises, a Rough-legged Buzzard, two Green-winged Teal, two American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, five Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, six Tundra Bean Geese, a Pomarine Skua, a Ring-billed Gull, nine Glaucous Gulls and 11 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 24th February 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Long-billed Dowitcher in Cheshire at Burton Mere Wetlands. Other rarities comprised the West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire, both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, and Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, but the Tengmalm's Owl could not be found on the Shetland Isles at Kergord, Mainland. Scarcities included Hoopoe (Hampshire), American Wigeon (County Wicklow), Snow Goose (Western Isles), Glossy Ibis (Devon), Great Grey Shrike (Norfolk), Kumlien's Gull (Glamorgan), and three each of both Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal. Late news concerned a Bonaparte's Gull seen yesterday in County Longford at Lough Gowna. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 22nd February 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Black-throated Thrush
still in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland,
Black Duck in Highland, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, both
Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, White-billed Diver
on the Orkney Isles, and Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Galloway. Scarcities included Hoopoe (Hampshire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), American Wigeon (County Wicklow), Lesser Snow Goose (Highland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Shorelark (Norfolk), two Glossy Ibises, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Green-winged Teals, five Lapland Buntings (all together in Norfolk), and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Wednesday 19th February 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Dunfries and Galloway and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles.
Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Surf Scoter, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teals, four Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, six Glaucous Gulls and 12 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Tuesday 18th February 2020 | ||
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| A Penduline Tit was at Titchfield Haven NNR, Hampshire, and a Ferruginous Duck was found at Old Moor RSPB, Yorkshire.
Lingering rarities included the Tengmalm's Owl in Shetland, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway, Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Yellow-browed Warbler, three Great Grey Shrikes, six Shorelarks, two Little Auks, a Leach's Petrel, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, a Todd's Canada Goose, three Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, 12 Glaucous Gulls and 14 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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