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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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| Thursday 9th December 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a the discovery of a Richardson's Cackling Goose in Merseyside with Pink-footed Geese on Crossens Out Marsh. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-tailed Lapwing still in East Yorkshire, Ross's Goose in Ayrshire, Pacific Diver in County Cork, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, and in Lincolnshire a White-billed Diver briefly at Gibraltar Point. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Dorset), Barred Warbler (Norfolk), Common Rosefinch (Orkney Isles), American Wigeon (Derbyshire), Snow Goose (County Sligo), Dotterel (Oxfordshire), Grey Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Black Brant (Kent), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Surf Scoter, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Green-winged Teals, six Ring-necked Ducks, nine Glossy Ibises, and a total of 11 Shorelarks. Significant late news concerned a report of the Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire on 6th December when it was seen on the River Darwen at Higher Walton; two miles from its original location. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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