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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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| Friday 25th December 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Eastern Yellow Wagtail still in Suffolk,
Kentish Plover still in Somerset, and in County Wexford a Bonaparte's Gull
was new at Rosslare. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (West Sussex), Little Bunting (Isles of Scilly), Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), American Wigeon (County Offaly), Green-winged Teal (County Kerry), Glossy Ibis (Dorset), Grey Phalarope (Norfolk), Black Brant (East Yorkshire), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Great Grey Shrike, four Waxwings, five of Ring-necked Duck and Yellow-browed Warbler, and 13 Lapland Buntings (all together in Fife). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 24th December 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Bufflehead still in County Down, Black Duck
in County Mayo, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Pacific Golden Plover in Moray,
Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Devon, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher
in Cumbria, and Lesser Yellowlegs in County Waterford. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (West Sussex), Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Surf Scoter (Carmartheshire), Great Grey Shrike (Hampshire), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Green-winged Teal, and Grey Phalarope, three Little Buntings, six Yellow-browed Warblers, seven of Ring-necked Duck and Glossy Ibis, and a total of 12 Waxwings. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 22nd December 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Double-crested Cormorant in County Kerry, Belted Kingfisher in County Cork, Bufflehead in County Down, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Black Duck and Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Mayo, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and County Waterford, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Rustic Bunting in Surrey and single Dusky Warblers in Cheshire and Merseyside.
Scarcity highlights included two Little Buntings, five Lapland Buntings, six Yellow-browed Warblers, 21 Waxwings, seven Glossy Ibises, a Grey Phalarope, two Little Auks, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, two Todd's Canada Geese, two Black Brants, 55 Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, ten Glaucous Gulls and 28 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 21st December 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Belted Kingfisher in County Cork, Bufflehead in County Down, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Western Isles and single Dusky Warblers in Cheshire and Devon.
Scarcity highlights included a Little Bunting, a Rose-coloured Starling, 11 Waxwings, a Leach's Petrel, a Grey Phalarope, a Pomarine Skua, four Glossy Ibises, two Green-winged Teal, five Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, 31 Tundra Bean Geese, seven Glaucous Gulls and 20 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 20th December 2020 | ||
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| A Bufflehead flew past Aghada, County Cork, and a Dusky Warbler was at Astbury Mere, Cheshire.
Lingering rarities included the Double-crested Cormorant in County Kerry, Belted Kingfisher in County Cork, Bufflehead in County Down, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Suffolk and Somerset, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, single Dusky Warblers in Kent, Devon and Cornwall, Black Scoter in Northumberland and Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire. Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Shorelark, two Little Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, 11 Waxwings, 34 Lapland Buntings, a Pomarine Skua, a Grey Phalarope, six Glossy Ibises, two American Wigeon, nine Ring-necked Ducks, four Black Brants, 52 Tundra Bean Geese, three Ring-billed Gulls, 14 Glaucous Gulls and 22 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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