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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 3rd March 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Tengmalm's Owl
on the Shetland Isles, both Steller's Eider and White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles,
Pacific Diver in County Cork, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire,
West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, two Penduline Tits in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon,
Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, and Ferruginous Duck in the West Midlands. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Moray), Ring-billed Gull (County Wicklow), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Black Brant (Suffolk), Snow Goose (Western Isles), Yellow-browed Warbler (Wiltshire) and Glossy Ibis (Gwent), three each of both Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal, five Shorelarks, seven Lapland Buntings, and a total of nine Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 2nd March 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation that the Tengmalm's Owl is still on the Shetland Isles where it was relocated on Mainland at Lea Gardens, Tresta. Last month this bird was trapped and ringed and determined
to be a first-winter so it is not the individual that was present in the same garden last winter. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Penduline Tit in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in West Midlands, and both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Black-bellied Dipper (Northamptonshire), two each of American Wigeon, Surf Scoter and Kumlien's Gull, three of Ring-necked Duck and Lapland Bunting, four of Ring-billed Gull and Shorelark, five Green-winged Teals, and a total of nine Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| Sunday 1st March 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, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Ducks in West Midlands and Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Pacific Diver in County Cork.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Black-bellied Dipper, two Yellow-browed Warblers, four Lapland Buntings, five Shorelarks, ten Great Grey Shrikes, a Surf Scoter, two American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teals, seven Ring-necked Ducks, a Glossy Ibis, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, seven Tundra Bean Geese, two Pomarine Skuas, a Kumlien's Gull, five Ring-billed Gulls, 23 Glaucous Gulls and 27 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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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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| 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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