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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 26th March 2021 | ||
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| A Bonaparte's Gull was discovered at Frampton Pools, Gloucestershire.
Lingering rarities still present included the Northern Mockingbird in Devon, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Pied-billed Grebe in Lancashire, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, three Penduline Tits in Somerset, Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire and White-billed Diver in Orkney. Scarcity highlights included two Yellow-browed Warblers, four Little Buntings, four Lapland Buntings, two Green-winged Teal, 15 Ring-necked Ducks, a Tundra Bean Goose, a Glossy Ibis, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls and 21 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 24th March 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Northern Mockingbird in
Devon at Exmouth, American Herring Gull in Cornwall at Newlyn, Laughing Gull
in Dorset again at Abbotsbury, Rustic Bunting in Surrey at Thursley
Common, and Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire at Croy. Scarcities included Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), American Wigeon (Cleveland), Great Grey Shrike (Suffolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (Buckinghamshire), two each of both Little Bunting and Glossy Ibis, five Green-winged Teals, nine Lapland Buntings, and a total of 23 Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included Hobby (Suffolk), Cuckoo (Dorset), Sedge Warbler (Somerset), House Martin (Wiltshire), three Common Terns, five Ring Ouzels, six Ospreys, seven Swallows, 11 each of Garganey and Willow Warblers, 22 White Wagtails, and 63 Wheatears. |
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| Tuesday 23rd March 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Northern Mockingbird
in Devon, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles,
Rustic Bunting in Surrey, King Eider on the Shetland Isles, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, two Long-billed Dowitchers
together in County Wexford, and three Penduline Tits together in Somerset. Scarcities included Great Grey Shrike (Suffolk), Little Auk (Western Isles), two Green-winged Teals, three each of both Little Bunting and Glossy Ibis, six Lapland Buntings, and a total of 18 Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included Ring Ouzel (Suffolk), Whitethroat (Buckinghamshire), two Yellow Wagtails (Kent), four of Osprey and House Martin, five Willow Warblers, 10 Garganey, 14 White Wagtails, 33 Swallow, and 35 Wheatear. |
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| Monday 22nd March 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still pesent today included the Northern Mockingbird in Devon, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, three Penduline Tits in Somerset, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Little Bunting, a Great Grey Shrike, a Yellow-browed Warbler, four Waxwings, four Lapland Buntings, 12 Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teals, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, two Snow Geese, two Tundra Bean Geese, four Ring-billed Gulls, five Glaucous Gulls and 14 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Sunday 21st March 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed a still present today were both the Northern Mockingbird and
Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Pied-billed Grebe in Lancashire,
Black Scoter in Highland, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire,
Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, two Long-billed Dowitchers together in County Wexford, and three
Penduline Tits together in Somerset. Scarcities included American Golden Plover (Cornwall), American Wigeon (County Antrim), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Shorelark (East Sussex), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), Great Grey Shrike and Taiga Bean Goose (Suffolk), two each of both Little Bunting and Snow Goose, three Green-winged Teals, four Lapland Buntings, six Surf Scoters, 10 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 15 Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included Whitethroat (Devon), three each of House Martin and Swallow, four of Ring Ouzel and Willow Warbler, eight Ospreys, 12 Wheatears, 14 White Wagtails, and a total of 17 Garganey. |
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| Friday 19th March 2021 | ||
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| A Lesser Scaup was discovered on Portmore Lough, County Antrim.
Lingering rarities still present included the Pied-billed Grebe in Lancashire, Black Scoter in Highland, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, two Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wexford and Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire. Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Black-bellied Dipper, a Lapland Bunting, four Little Buntings, an American Golden Plover, two Green-winged Teals, four Surf Scoters, 15 Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, a Taiga Bean Goose, three Tundra Bean Geese, three Black Brants, four Glossy Ibises, four Ring-billed Gulls, 11 Glaucous Gulls and 21 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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