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| Sunday 12th April 2020 | ||
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| A Black Kite was seen at Sparham, Norfolk.
Lingering rarities included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly and Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire. Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, two Shorelarks, five Hoopoes, a Leach's Petrel, a Ring-necked Duck, three Iceland Gulls and four Glaucous Gulls. |
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Daily news summaries
Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.
Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Saturday 11th April 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly,
West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire, and in Hampshire a Black Kite flew over Havant. Scarcities included Serin (Dorset and East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Cornwall and two in East Sussex), Wryneck (Norfolk), Green-winged Teal (Angus), three Glaucous Gulls, five Iceland Gulls, and a total of 51 Waxwings. Incoming spring migrants included Wood Sandpiper (Lancashire), Quail (Norfolk), Turtle Dove (Kent), Blue-headed Wagtail (Lincolnshire), Swift (Cambridgeshire), eight Whinchat, and 19 Garganey. Late news concerned a Black-winged Stilt present yesterday in the Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire/Wiltshire. |
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| Friday 10th April 2020 | ||
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The Song Sparrow was still on Fair Isle and the Lesser Kestrel was still in Scilly, while the West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire remained. A Black Kite flew over Dungeness in Kent and a Red-rumped Swallow flew over Tutbury in Staffordshire. Scarcities included two Hoopoes, Montagu's Harrier (Hampshire), two Serins, two Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, Great Grey Shrike and Shorelark. Spring migrants included three Swifts. |
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| Thursday 9th April 2020 | ||
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| A Song Sparrow was discovered on Fair Isle, Shetland this evng. This is the ninth record for Britain, and the 5th for the island. The sixth Western Sandpiper for Ireland was found at Tacumshin, County Wexford this morning (the second for the site).
Other new discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow on Cape Clear, County Cork, and a Black Kite over Scarning, Norfolk. Lingering rarities included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly and Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire. Scarcity higlights included a Bluethroat, a Wryneck, a Shorelark, two Hoopoes, a Glossy Ibis, a Surf Scoter, two Ring-necked Ducks, a Glaucous Gull and five Iceland Gulls. |
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| Wednesday 8th April 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly, the West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire, a
White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, and single Black Kites seen briefly in Hampshire, Kent and Norfolk. Scarcities included seven Hoopoes (Ayrshire, Cornwall (3), Norfolk. East Sussex and County Waterford), Shorelark (East Yorkshire), Purple Heron and Glossy Ibis (Lancashire), two Surf Scoters (London), two Glaucous Gulls, and three Iceland Gulls. Incoming spring migrants included 33 Ring Ouzels, three Garganey, two Wood Warbler, Swift (Gwent), and Whinchat (Dorset). |
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| Tuesday 7th April 2020 | ||
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A Laughing Gull was found at an undisclosed site on the Dorset/Devon boundary. The Lesser Kestrel in Scilly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian and West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire all remained. Scarcities included two Purple Herons, two Rough-legged Buzzards, Dotterel and Surf Scoter. Spring migrants included four Cuckoos and a continued arrival of Pied Flycatchers, Nightingales, Redstarts, Yellow Wagtails, Ospreys, Garganey, Tree Pipits, Ring Ouzels, Reed, Sedge, Garden and Grasshopper Warblers. |
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| Monday 6th April 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Red-rumped Swallow south past Scarborough, Filey and Spurn, all Yorkshire, an Alpine Swift at Howth Head, County Dublin and a Blue-winged Teal at Exminster Marshes RSPB, Devon.
The Lesser Kestrel lingered in Scilly, as did a White-billed Diver in Orkney. Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, two Serins, three Lapland Buntings, four Hoopoes, four Shorelarks, 38 Waxwings, a Glossy Ibis, a Ring-necked Duck, a Surf Scoter, a Black Brant, three Iceland Gulls and four Glaucous Gulls. |
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| Sunday 5th April 2020 | ||
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| Discoveries today included an Alpine Swift in Dorset at Leigh, Red-rumped Swallow in Hampshire
at Titchfield Haven, and a Red-footed Falcon reported in Cornwall at Sancreed. Rarities elsewhere comprised the
Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly and the West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire. Scarcities included three Hoopoes (Cornwall, Devon, and Scilly), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard (Buckinghamshire and Essex) and Shorelark (Norfolk), American Wigeon and Lapland Bunting (Suffolk), Spotted Crake (Merseyside), Ring-necked Duck (Bedfordshire), Dotterel (County Kerry), Surf Scoter (Lothian), and Grey Phalarope (Lincolnshire). Incoming spring migrants included Garden Warbler (Oxfordshire), Grasshopper Warbler (Scilly), Nightingale (Suffolk), two each of Redstart, Cuckoo and Hobby, three Swift, four each of Garganey and Tree Pipit, six Little Terns, 10 Yellow Wagtails, 12 White Wagtails, and 42 Ring Ouzels. |
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| Saturday 4th April 2020 | ||
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The Lesser Kestrel was still in Scilly and the West Siberian Stonechat remained in Cheshire. A White-billed Diver was off Papa Westray in Orkney. Scarcities included three Hoopoes, two Serins, two Green-winged Teal, Great Grey Shrike (Bedfordshire), Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, two Glossy Ibises (Western Isles). Spring migrants included two Tree Pipits, two Sedge Warblers, two Whitethroats, a few Yellow Wagtails and a good number of Ring Ouzels and Ospreys. |
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| Friday 3rd April 2020 | ||
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| Significant news from yesterday concerned a Short-toed Treecreeper at Dungeness, Kent.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly, American Herring Gull in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in West Midlands. Scarcity highlights included a Ring-necked Duck, four Iceland Gulls and 67 Waxwings. |
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