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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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| Monday 11th April 2022 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Iberian Chiffchaff at Hoylake, Wirral, an Alpine Swift at Waterford, County Waterford, a Black-winged Stilt at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire and a White-billed Diver off Portknockie, Moray.
Lingering rarities still present included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Dusky Warbler and Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Pacific Golden Plover and Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, King Eiders in Lothian and Shetland, Lesser Scaups in Essex and Clyde (two), White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire and Shetland and Bonaparte's Gull in Sussex. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 8th April 2022 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Hume's Warbler and Bonaparte's Gull in Sussex, Dusky Warbler and Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire and Lesser Scaup in Essex.
Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, a Spotted Crake, an American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teal, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, 32 Glossy Ibises, a Glaucous Gull and nine Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 7th April 2022 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and Shetland, Dusky Warbler and Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Black Duck in County Mayo, Lesser Scaups in Clyde (two), Western Isles and Essex and Bonaparte's Gull in Sussex.
Scarcity highlights included a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teals, ten Ring-necked Ducks, 12 Glossy Ibises, two Glaucous Gulls, eight Iceland Gulls and a Balearic Shearwater. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 5th April 2022 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both the Black-browed Albatross and Baikal Teal
still in East Yorkshire, Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, Black Duck on the Shetland Isles,
Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk,
Bonaparte's Gull in West Sussex, King Eider in Highland, and Lesser Scaup in Essex. Scarcities included Serin (Suffolk), Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Hoopoe (County Kerry), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Cork), American Wigeon (Moray), Snow Goose (Argyll), Spotted Crake (Devon), Shorelark (Norfolk), two Kumlien's Gulls, four Green-winged Teals, 10 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 24 Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 4th April 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll
on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, both Black-browed Albatross and Baikal Teal East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose and Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in West Sussex, and Lesser Scaups in County Cork, Clyde (2), and Essex. Scarcities included Pectoral Sandpiper (County Cork), Hoopoe (Devon), Great Grey Shrike (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (Dorset), two each of Spotted Crake and Little Auk, four Snow Geese, six Green-winged Teals, nine Ring-necked Ducks, and 16 Glossy Ibises. |
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| Sunday 3rd April 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk at Carlton Marshes, with other arrivals including a
Lesser Scaup in Essex at Abberton Reservoir, and a White-billed Diver in Highland at Embo. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, Black-browed Albatross and Baikal Teal both in East Yorkshire, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, American Coot in County Wexford, Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Blue-winged Teals in both Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in West Sussex, King Eiders in Highland and Lothian, Lesser Scaups in County Cork and the Western Isles, and White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire (4) and Moray (5). Scarcities included Pectoral Sandpiper and Ring-billed Gull (County Cork), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Temminck's Stint (Essex then Kent), Snow Goose (Lancashire), Great Grey Shrike (Norfolk), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), two Spotted Crakes, four Shorelarks, five Green-winged Teals, 28 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 31 Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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