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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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| Saturday 20th November 2021 | ||
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| A small arrival of Dusky Warblers in the south-west resulted in now four being present in Cornwall (three at Porthgwarra and one still at Nanjizal) and three on Tresco, Scilly (with no news on the bird likely to still be present on St Mary's). Also new was a Lesser Scaup at Cloonacleigha Lough, County Sligo and a Ferruginous Duck at Marsh Lane NR, West Midlands.
Lingering rarities included the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, Black Scoter in Moray, Lesser Scaup in Scilly and two Red-breasted Geese in Essex. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, Serin, a Waxwing, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Yellow-browed Warblers, five Lapland Buntings, six Shorelarks, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two American Golden Plovers, two Grey Phalaropes, two Green-winged Teal, three Surf Scoters, nine Ring-necked Ducks, two Todd's Canada Geese, two Black Brants, three Tundra Bean Geese, four Snow Geese, 12 Glossy Ibises, a Ring-billed Gull, two Glaucous Gulls, two Iceland Gulls, six Pomarine Skuas and 796 Little Auks. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 19th November 2021 | ||
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| A Radde's Warbler was discovered at Nanjizal, Cornwall, where it joined the lingering Dusky Warbler.
Other rarities still present included the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, two Red-breasted Geese in Essex and another in Argyll with a Richardson's Cackling Goose, White-billed Diver in Shetland and Dusky Warbler and Spotted Sandpiper in Scilly. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Little Bunting, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Great Grey Shrikes, five Lapland Buntings, seven Shorelarks, an American Golden Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Grey Phalarope, six Glossy Ibises, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, 16 Ring-necked Ducks, two Black Brants, a Tundra Bean Goose, 15 Taiga Bean Geese, 21 Little Auks, a Long-tailed Skua, two Iceland Gulls and two Glaucous Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 18th November 2021 | ||
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| A Laughing Gull flew over Tweseldown Hill near Fleet, Hampshire mid morning, and a Red-throated Pipit was at Mizen Head, County Cork.
Lingering rarities still present today included the American Coot in County Wexford, White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Semipalmated Plover and Pacific Diver in County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper in Scilly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter and King Eider in Moray, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-breasted Goose, Richardson's Cackling Goose and Lesser Scaup in Argyll, two Red-breasted Geese in Essex, Northern Harrier in County Offaly and single Dusky Warblers in Cornwall and Scilly. Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Little Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, three Lapland Buntings, 15 Shorelarks, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Grey Phalarope, seven Little Auks, two Green-winged Teal, four Surf Scoters, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Black Brants, 15 Glossy Ibises, a Ring-billed Gull, a Glaucous Gull and five Iceland Gulls. |
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| Wednesday 17th November 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Radde's Warbler in Cornwall at Cot Valley. Rarities elsewhere comprised the
American Coot still in County Wexford, White-tailed Lapwing still in East Yorkshire,
Pied Wheatear in County Durham, White-winged Scoter and King Eider together in Lothian,
both Black Scoter and King Eider in Moray, two Red-breasted Geese together in Essex, Bonaparte's Gull
in Northumberland, and Dusky Warblers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (2). Scarcities included Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Long-tailed Skua (East Yorkshire), three each of Ring-necked Duck, Great Grey Shrike, Lapland Bunting, and Little Auk, five Yellow-browed Warblers, six Shorelarks, eight Glossy Ibises, and a total of 10 Surf Scoters. |
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| Tuesday 16th November 2021 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the American Coot still in County Wexford, Black-throated Thrush on the Shetland Isles,
White-winged Scoter and King Eider together in Lothian, both Black Scoter and
King Eider in Moray, Pied Wheatear in County Durham, two Red-breasted Geese together in Essex,
Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Spotted Sandpiper and two Dusky Warblers
on the Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, Dusky Warbler in Norfolk,
Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, and in County Galway the age-old Forster's Tern
again returned to Galway Bay; where it was first seen 18 years ago. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Norfolk), Serin (Pembrokeshire), Little Bunting (East Sussex), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Rough-legged Buzzard (Suffolk), American Golden Plover (County Cork), American Wigeon (Bedfordshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), Grey Phalarope (Shropshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (Scilly), two Green-winged Teals, three Great Grey Shrikes, four each of both Surf Scoter and Lapland Bunting, eight Waxwings, 11 Ring-necked Ducks, 13 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 16 Shorelarks. |
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| Sunday 14th November 2021 | ||
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| The Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire at Brockholes LWT reappeared again late morning, 6 days after first sighting.
New rares today included a Pied Wheatear in Suffolk, Radde's Warbler in East Sussex and 3 Dusky Warblers (2 in Cornwall and another in Norfolk). Lingering rarities included the American Coot and Lesser Yellowlegs in Co.Wexford, White-winged Scoter and King Eider in Lothain, White-tailed Lapwing in E.Yorks, Pied Wheatear in Co. Durham, Dusky Warbler in Flints, 2 Red-breasted Geese in Essex, Northern Harrier in Co.Offaly, Ferruginous Duck in Staffs, Spotted Sandpiper on Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull in N'blerland. Scarcity highlights included 3 Pallas's Warblers, 74 Little Auks, 3 Great Grey Shrike, 21 Shorelark, 3 Richard's Pipits, 8 Glossy Ibis, 4 Iceland Gulls, 3 Glaucous Gulls, 8 Ring-necked Ducks, 4 Surf Scoter, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Serin and 1 Little Bunting. |
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| Friday 12th November 2021 | ||
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| A Northern Harrier was discovered at Lough Boora Parklands, County Offaly today.
Lingering rarities included the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, single Pied Wheatears in County Durham and Kent, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Radde's Warbler in Scilly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, King Eider in Moray and two Red-breasted Geese in Essex. Scarcity highlights included a Barred Warbler, a Little Bunting, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Waxwings, five Lapland Buntings, 11 Shorelarks, two Glossy Ibises, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two Grey Phalaropes, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Green-winged Teal, five Surf Scoters, five Ring-necked Ducks, three Snow Geese, 46 Taiga Bean Geese, two Iceland Gulls, four Glaucous Gulls, a Pomarine Skua, a Great Shearwater and 471 Little Auks (461 of which were off Fife Ness in Fife). |
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| Thursday 11th November 2021 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Pied Wheatear in Kent at Reculver, a Black Scoter in Moray at Lossiemouth, a
Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus at Montrose Basin, and in Essex now two Red-breasted Geese together on
the Dengie. Lingering rarities confirmed a still present were both the White-tailed Lapwing and Dusky Warbler in East Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pied Wheatear in Northumberland, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Radde's Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, Dusky Warbler in Cumbria, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, King Eiders in both Moray and the Shetland Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire. Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Norfolk), Serin (Cornwall), Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), American Wigeon (Highland), two each of Great Grey Shrike, Great Shearwater, Green-winged Teal, and Black Brant, three of Yellow-browed Warbler and Snow Goose, six of Surf Scoter and Lapland Bunting, nine Shorelarks, 11 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 15 Ring-necked Ducks (including eight still together in Cornwall). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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