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| Thursday 29th September 2022 | ||
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Again, the highlight of the day was the appearance of a Swainson’s Thrush on Shetland, Yell at West Yell in a garden near cemetery. New rarities elsewhere included Rustic Bunting in Northumberland, Black Scoter County Kerry, Bonaparte’s Gull in County Cork, Red-flanked Bluetail on Fair Isle, Red-throated Pipit in East Yorkshire, Olive-backed Pipits on Shetland and Orkney, Blyth’s Reed Warblers on Shetland and the Western Isles, Eastern Stonechat sp on Shetland and 9 Hornemann’s Arctic Redpolls with 6 on Shetland, 2 on Orkney and 1 in Aberdeenshire also 5 Radde’s Warblers. Lingering rarities included White-billed Diver in Shetland, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler on Fair Isle, Baird’s Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, King Eider in Lothian and Long-billed Dowitcher on Orkney. |
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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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| Wednesday 28th September 2022 | ||
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Main news of the day came from the Western Isles where a Swainson’s Thrush was trapped and ringed on Barra. New rarities elsewhere included 6 Hornemann’s Arctic Redpolls with 5 of the them being on Shetland also a Blyth’s Reed Warbler on Shetland. Lingering rarities included Kentish Plover in Somerset, Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler on Fair Isle, King Eider in Shetland, Baird’s Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Red-footed Falcon in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher on Orkney, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll plus 4 Hornemann’s Arctic Redpolls across Shetland and Orkney. |
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| Tuesday 27th September 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of both a White's Thrush and a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay, whilst a
Siberian Thrush was found dead nearby on Papa Westray. On the Western Isles a
Gyr was now on Lewis at Loch Ordais whilst a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll
arrived on St Kilda. On the Shetland Isles a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler was new on Fair Isle, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Olive-backed Pipit, King Eider, Surf Scoter, and Pectoral Sandpiper were all on Mainland, a Red-backed Shrike on Unst, and around the islands three Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, three Barred Warblers, and a total of 10 Common Rosefinches. On the Isles of Scilly a Common Rosefinch was on Bryher and two Wrynecks were on St Mary's. Other rarities comprised Baird's Sandpiper still in Aberdeenshire, Long-billed Dowitcher still on the Orkney, Red-footed Falcon still in Norfolk, and Pallid Harriers identified in Dorset at Hengistbury Head and Kent at Worth. |
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| Monday 26th September 2022 | ||
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The main and obvious highlight of the day was the discovery of a juvenile Common Nighthawk found sat on a fence line in suburban Wantage, Oxfordshire. The bird showed very well to all visiting birders before flying high south at 6.55pm. Other new rarities were both on Shetland with an Eastern Yellow Wagtail and a Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Red-footed Falcon in Norfolk and Baird’s Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire |
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| Sunday 25th September 2022 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Western Isles on South Uist,
Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire at Donna Nook, Lesser Yellowlegs
in North Yorkshire at Scorton, and in Norfolk two Red-footed Falcons together at Hickling Broad. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present included Baird's Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Pallid Harrier in Cornwall, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, and Kentish Plover in Somerset. On the Shetland Isles a King Eider was on Yell, Woodchat Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, and Barred Warbler on Unst, Surf Scoter and two Pectoral Sandpipers on Mainland, and a total of five Common Roesfinches. On the Isles of Scilly a Barred Warbler was on Tresco, Common Rosefinch on Gugh, and both Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck on St Mary's. Elsewhere notable scarcities comprised Icterine Warbler (Norfolk), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Kent), Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Golden Plover (Anglesey), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), Rose-coloured Starling (County Cork), and two Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Gwynedd and Western Isles). |
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| Saturday 24th September 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pallid Harrier in Cornwall at Goonhilly Downs whilst elsewhere the
Roller remained in Devon, as did the Baird's Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, and Long-billed Dowitcher on the Orkney
Isles,. In Somerset the Kentish Plover returned to winter at Burnham-on-Sea. On the Shetland Isles the Long-billed Dowitcher remained on Fair Isle, with Woodchat Shrike, Red-backed Shrike and Bluethroat all on Unst, Surf Scoter, Wryneck, and two Pectoral Sandpipers on Mainland, and around island totals of two Barred Warblers and six Common Rosefinches. On the Isles of Scilly a Spotted Crake remained on Tresco, two Wrynecks were on St Mary's, and multiple Great Shearwaters were seen at sea. Otherwise notable scarcities included Bluethroat (Orkney), Icterine Warbler (Norfolk), American Golden Plover (Anglesey), Surf Scoter (Cornwall), Red-breasted Flycatcher and Temminck's Stint (together in East Yorkshire), two each of Melodious Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling, and Purple Heron, and a total of seven Buff-breasted Sandpipers. |
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| Friday 23rd September 2022 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Baird's Sandpiper at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire, a Red-footed Falcon at St Austell, Cornwall and a White-billed Diver off Whalsay, Shetland, and the Black Scoter returned to Cocklawburn, Northumberland for at least its eighth year.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Roller in Devon, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney and Long-billed Dowitcher in Shetland. Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Melodious Warblers, three Barred Warblers, five Red-backed Shrikes, six Wrynecks, seven Common Rosefinches, nine Lapland Buntings, a Night Heron, a Purple Heron, three Glossy Ibises, a Corncrake, a Honey Buzzard, a Dotterel, a Grey Phalarope, a Temminck's Stint, an American Golden Plover, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 11 Pectoral Sandpipers, two Surf Scoters, two Long-tailed Skuas, five Pomarine Skuas, two Glaucous Gulls, five Sabine's Gulls, a Roseate Tern, 18 Cory's Shearwaters, 27 Great Shearwaters and two Leach's Petrels. |
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| Thursday 22nd September 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Orkney Isles on Westray whilst in Cornwall an
Iberian Chiffchaff was identified at Najizal. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Roller in Devon, Western Bonelli's Warbler on the Shetland Isles, and Long-billed Dowtchers on both the Orkney Isles and Shetland. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (County Mayo), Ortolan Bunting (Dorset), Night Heron (Kent), two each of Bluethroat, American Golden Plover, and Rose-coloured Starling, and three Barred Warblers. |
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| Wednesday 21st September 2022 | ||
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| On the Shetland Isles today Great Snipe, Long-billed Dowitcher,
Arctic Warbler, and Bluethroat were all on Fair Isle, Western Bonelli's Warbler and
Pectoral Sandpiper on Mainland, and on Out Skerries two Common
Rosefinches. On the Isles of Scilly a Pectoral Sandpiper remained on Tresco and a
Wryneck on St Mary's. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Roller still in Devon at Bere Ferrers, and a Long-billed Dowitcher was new on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay. Scarcities included Little Bunting (East Yorkshire), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Kent), Hoopoe (Highland), Purple Heron and Spotted Crake (together in Lancashire), Richard's Pipits (Cornwall and Lincolnshire), Red-backed Shrikes (Dorset and Suffolk), Red-necked Phalaropes (Herefordshire and Kent) and three Rose-coloured Starlings. |
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| Tuesday 20th September 2022 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk at Trimingham, a
Baird's Sandpiper in County Donegal at Blanket Nook, and Bee-eaters briefly in County Durham and the Isle of Wight. On the Shetland Isles Great Snipe, Arctic Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling, Barred Warbler, Bluethroat, and Lapland Bunting were on Fair Isle, Arctic Warbler, Wryneck, and three Common Rosefinches on Mainland, Arctic Warbler on Yell, with at total of 49 Yellow-browed Warblers logged around the islands. On the Isles of Scilly a Spotted Crake was on St Mary's, Pectoral Sandpiper on Tresco, and around the islands a total of six Wrynecks. Notables elsewhere were the Roller still present in Devon, Citrine Wagtail in Dorset, Ortolan Bunting in Glamorgan, Purple Heron in Lancashire, Little Bunting in East Yorkshire, Richard's Pipit in Cornwall, Rose-coloured Starling in West Sussex, and Red-necked Phalarope in Herefordshire. |
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