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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 9th March 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the first-winter Ross's Gull
in County Down at Killough; where it had earlier been present on 18th February. Rarities elsewhere comprised a brief White-billed Diver discovered in North Yorkshire at Filey, both the Northern Mockingbird and Lesser Yellowlegs remained in Devon, the Pied-billed Grebe still in Lancashire, three Penduline Tits together in Somerset, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, and Long-billed Dowitcher in North Yorkshire. Scarcities included Ring-billed Gull (County Limerick), American Wigeon (County Antrim), Great Grey Shrike (East Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (Northumberland), Green-winged Teal and Black-bellied Dipper (Shetland Isles), two each of Little Bunting, Shorelark, Yellow-browed Warbler, and Kumlien's Gull, four Waxwings, six Glossy Ibises, and a total of nine Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included Hoopoe (County Cork), Osprey (Northumberland), House Martin (Buckinghamshire), two Swallows, six Wheatears, nine White Wagtails, 10 Little Ringed Plovers, and a total of 29 Sand Martins. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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