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| Sunday 28th November 2021 | ||
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| Brunnich's Guillemot was again the headline species as northerly winds in the North Sea brought an amazing run of sightings along north east coasts. No fewer than three were logged flying north past Whitburn, County Durham and there were sightings from nine other sites in North Yorkshire, Cleveland, County Durham and Northumberland, mostly fly-bys but two were seen on the sea, albeit briefly. There was also a possible off Fife Ness in Fife. Also on these winds were White-billed Divers, with eleven birds seen flying past sites from Girdle Ness in Aberdeen to Flamborough in East Yorkshire, and over 500 Little Auks seen from Orkney to Kent. In Pembrokes an Isabelline Shrike sp was found at Marloes. Lingering rarities included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Spotted Sandpiper on Scilly, five Lesser Scaups together on Islay plus two together in Devon, Hume's Warbler in Suffolk and Isabelline Wheatear in Lothian. |
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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 27th November 2021 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Isabelline Wheatear still in Lothian, Hume's Warbler still in Suffolk,
White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork,
Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, and
Lesser Scaups in Argyll (3) and Devon (2). Scarcities included Snow Goose (Forth), Black Brant (Norfolk), two Green-winged Teals, four each of Surf Scoter, Lapland Bunting, and Grey Phalarope, five Ring-necked Ducks, and seven Leach's Petrels. |
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| Friday 26th November 2021 | ||
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| A Brunnich's Guillemot in Norfolk, first found off Holkham Bay before moving to a sand bar off Wells harbour mouth, provided a welcome county tick for most, but, sadly, it died just as it was apparently rescued. Another Brunnich's Guillemot flew past St Agnes Head in Cornwall. Also in Norfolk, a Ferruginous Duck was found on Ormesby Broad.
Lingering rarities included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Lothian, Hume's Warbler in Suffolk, three Lesser Scaups in Argyll and two in Devon and a Ferruginous Duck in Surrey. Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, five Shorelarks, three Ring-necked Ducks, five Glossy Ibises, a Surf Scoter, three Green-winged Teals, a Snow Goose, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, 30 Taiga Bean Geese, a Grey Phalarope, a Leach's Petrel, two Pomarine Skuas, nine Little Auks, four Glaucous Gulls and five Iceland Gulls. |
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| Thursday 25th November 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire on the River Ribble at
Tunbrook: exactly where it was found on 8th November and had showed again on 14th November. New rarities today comprised a Desert Wheatear inland in West Yorkshire at Keighley Moor, an Eastern Stonechat species on the Shetland Isles in Lerwick, and in Suffolk a Hume's Warbler at Benacre and a Dusky Warbler at Lakenheath Fen. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, Isabelline Wheatear in Lothian, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford, King Eider in Moray, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, and Lesser Scaups in Argyll (5), Devon (2), and the Western Isles. Scarcities included Night Heron (Suffolk), Lapland Bunting (County Kerry), Grey Phalarope (Norfolk), two each of Pallas's Warbler, American Golden Plover, and Black Brant, three of Surf Scoter and Great Grey Shrike, five of Glossy Ibis and Shorelark, and a total of 11 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Wednesday 24th November 2021 | ||
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| New rarities today comprised an Isabelline Wheatear in Lothian at East Linton,
Rustic Bunting in Cleveland at Hartlepool, and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Lough Atedaun, County Clare. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Long-toed Stint in Cumbria, White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Isabelline Wheatear in Norfolk, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, both Spotted Sandpiper and Dusky Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, King Eider in Moray, and Lesser Scaups in Argyll (5), Devon (2), and the Western Isles. Scarcities included American Golden Plover (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Bedfordshire), Snow Goose (Forth), Green-winged Teal (Somerset), Glossy Ibis (County Wexford), Yellow-browed Warbler (Scilly), two each of Pallas's Warbler, Surf Scoter, Grey Phalarope, and Black Brant, three Great Grey Shrikes, eight each of Ring-necked Duck, Shorelark, and Lapland Bunting, and a total of 26 Waxwings. |
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| Tuesday 23rd November 2021 | ||
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| Discoveries today included an Isabelline Wheatear in Norfolk at Cley, and
yet more Lesser Scaups with two together in Devon at Beesands Ley, and now a record five together on Islay, Argyll. A
Long-toed Stint was found in Cumbria but the site was not revealed. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Killdeer in Argyll, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford, Lesser Scaups in both County Cavan and the Western Isles, and now three Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Dorset), American Golden Plover (Cornwall), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Durham), Yellow-browed Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Green-winged Teal (Somerset), two each of Ring-billed Gull, American Wigeon, Snow Goose, and Great Grey Shrike, six of Surf Scoter, Lapland Bunting, and Glossy Ibis, and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Monday 22nd November 2021 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Killdeer in Argyll on Tiree, a Fea's or Desertas Petrel seen from Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire, in Norfolk a Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk at Blakeney Point and a Dusky Warbler at Holkham, now four Lesser Scaups together in Argyll on Islay with another in the Western Isles on South Uist, and single White-billed Divers passing both Aberdeenshire and Borders. Continuing rarities comprised the White-tailed Lapwing still in East Yorkshire, Semipalmated Plover and Pacific Diver together in County Cork, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, and two Red-breasted Geese together in Essex. |
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| Sunday 21st November 2021 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Boddam, Shetland, single White-billed Divers off Isle of Skye, Highland and South Nesting, Shetland (where the long staying bird remained), two Cackling Geese at Balemore, Western Isles, single Lesser Scaups at Lough Sheelin, County Cavan and Loch Stiapabhat, Western Isles and two at Loch Skerrols, Argyll (joining the lingering bird), and the returning Ferruginous Duck appeared at Blashford Lakes, Hampshire.
Other lingering rarities still present included the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs and Forster's Tern in County Galway, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Lesser Scaup in County Sligo, Ferruginous Duck in West Midlands, two Red-breasted Geese in Essex, two White-billed Divers in Orkney and two Dusky Warblers in Cornwall. Scarcities included a Pallas's Warbler, a Little Bunting, a Red-backed Shrike, four Great Grey Shrikes, two Yellow-browed Warblers, five Lapland Buntings, six Shorelarks, 13 Glossy Ibises, a Rough-legged Buzzard, an American Wigeon, three Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teal, six Ring-necked Ducks, two Todd's Canada Geese, six Snow Geese, 21 Tundra Bean Geese, 29 Taiga Bean Geese, an American Golden Plover, 22 Grey Phalaropes, 200 Little Auks, two Leach's Petrels, a Long-tailed Skua, 28 Pomarine Skuas, a Sabine's Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, five Glaucous Gulls and 11 Iceland Gulls. |
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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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| 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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