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| Saturday 18th December 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Lesser Scaups in Devon and County Cavan, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo, Spotted Sandpiper in Scilly and single Dusky Warblers in Cornwall, Kent and London.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Little Bunting, two Lapland Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, six Shorelarks, a Grey Phalarope, 26 Glossy Ibises, two American Wigeon, three Surf Scoters, four Green-winged Teal, ten Ring-necked Ducks, two Black Brants, four Snow Geese, a Tundra Bean Goose, 62 Taiga Bean Geese, a Kumlien's Gull, two Glaucous Gulls, three Ring-billed Gulls and six Iceland Gulls. |
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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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| Friday 17th December 2021 | ||
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| A Snowy Owl was reported from Connemara, County Galway, but no exact location was given.
Lingering rarities still present included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, Ross's Goose in Ayrshire, Richardson's Cackling Geese in Lancashire and County Mayo, Black Scoters in Moray and Northumberland and Dusky Warbler in Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Little Bunting, a Lapland Bunting, two Waxwings, six Shorelarks, a Grey Phalarope, a Little Auk, an American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, 13 Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, a Black Brant, three Todd's Canada Geese, five Taiga Bean Geese, 14 Glossy Ibises, two Ring-billed Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls. |
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| Thursday 16th December 2021 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Lesser Yellowlegs at Goxhill Haven, Lincolnshire and a Dusky Warbler at St Erth, Cornwall.
Lingering rarities still present included the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Scilly, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Lancashire and Dusky Warblers in London and Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, two Little Buntings, ten Shorelarks, a Grey Phalarope, an American Wigeon, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teal, four Surf Scoters, five Taiga Bean Geese, 11 Glossy Ibises, a Ring-billed Gull and two Iceland Gulls. |
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| Wednesday 15th December 2021 | ||
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| There was belated news from yesterday of the Belted Kingfisher again in Lancashire, this time being seen along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Withnell Fold, but there was no sign of it there today. Other lingering rarities comprised Lesser Scaups in Western Ilses (2), Devon, Scilly, County Cork and County Armagh, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Dusky Warber in London, Black Scoter in Northumberland and Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll. There were 15 Ring-necked Ducks, including eight still together on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Glossy Ibises also featured with a total of 13, with seven together in Orkney, plus a further bird on Fair Isle, four in Devon and a single in Gloucestershire. The Little Bunting remained in London, as did the Serin in County Durham, Great Grey Shrikes in Norfolk and Denbighs/Conwy, Yellow-browed Warblers in Pembrokes and Merseyside and the five Shorelarks in Norfolk. |
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| Tuesday 14th December 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was news of a White-throated Sparrow at Southampton, Hampshire, where it has been present around the docks since August. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-tailed Lapwing still in East Yorkshire, Pacific Diver still in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, Richardson's Cackling Goose and Snow Goose together in County Slio, Lesser Scaups in both County Armagh and County Cork, and Dusky Warblers in Kent and London. Scarcities included Serin (County Durham), Ring-billed Gull and Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (County Louth), Green-winged Teal (Lancashire), two each of Little Bunting and American Wigeon, five Glossy Ibises, six Shorelarks, and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Monday 13th December 2021 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-tailed Lapwing still in East Yorkshire,
Pacific Diver still in Glamorgan, Spotted Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly,
Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, Richardson's Cackling Geese in both Lancashire and County Sligo,
Lesser Scaups in County Cavan, County Cork, and Devon (2), and in Kent a
Dusky Warbler was discovered at Fordwich. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Ayrshire), Little Bunting (West Sussex), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Great Grey Shrike (Norfolk), Lapland Bunting (Linolnshire), two each of American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Snow Goose, Green-winged Teal, Yellow-browed Warbler, Grey Phalarope, and Black Brant, six Shorelarks, 11 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 12 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Sunday 12th December 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was an unidentified albatross species that flew past Ballycotton, County Cork. Discoveries elsewhere in Ireland included Lesser Scaups
new in County Armagh on Lough Neagh, and at Ballinascarty, County Cork. Lingering rarities comprised the Pacific Diver still in Glamorgan, White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Ross's Goose in Ayrshire, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Lancashire, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, Lesser Scaup in both Argyll (4) and County Cavan, and the Black Scoter returned to Northumberland. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Ayrshire), Serin (County Durham), Barred Warbler and Great Grey Shrike (Norfolk), American Golden Plover and Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Lapland Bunting (East Yorkshire), Black Brant (Kent), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), two each of American Wigeon and Yellow-browed Warbler, three of Ring-billed Gull and Grey Phalarope, four of Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, six Green-winged Teals, nine Shorelarks, and a total of 14 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Saturday 11th December 2021 | ||
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| The second Pacific Diver for Wales was discovered late afternoon at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir in Glamorgan.
Lingering rarities seen today were the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Lesser Scaup in Argyll (four) and Western Isles, Ross's Goose in Ayrshire and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Lancashire. Scarcity highlights included a Little Bunting, a Serin, a Hoopoe, a Barred Warbler, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Great Grey Shrikes, six Shorelarks, three Grey Phalaropes, six Little Auks, two Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, eight Ring-necked Ducks, a Tundra Bean Goose, a Black Brant, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, three Glaucous Gulls and eight Iceland Gulls. |
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| Friday 10th December 2021 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present were the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Scilly, Ross's Goose in Ayrshire, Richardson's Cackling Geese in Merseyside and Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, two Lesser Scaup in Devon and White-billed Diver in Shetland.
Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, 12 Shorelarks, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, two Ring-necked Ducks, three Surf Scoters, 13 Taiga Bean Geese, two Grey Phalaropes, three Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls, seven Iceland Gulls and 22 Little Auks. |
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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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