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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 25th December 2023 | ||
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| The highlights today were the Red-breasted Goose still in Argyll on Islay, Pallid Harrier and Pallas's Warbler together in Norfolk at Warham Greens, Lesser Yellowlegs still in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh, Lesser Scaup in Pembrokeshire at Penberry Reservoir, and a Red-breasted Flycatcher new in Devon at Exminster Marshes. | ||
| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 24th December 2023 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall at Hayle Estuary.
Elsewhere lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Canvasback in Essex, Black-throated Thrush in East Yorkshire, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Pallid Harriers in Norfolk, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Lesser Scaups in Pembrokeshire, Clyde, Nottingham and Somerset, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire and Suffolk. |
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| - Ben Clark, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 23rd December 2023 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Penduline Tit in County Cork at Lough Beg, and a Lesser Scaup on the Orkney Isles at Loch of Harray, Mainland.
Elsewhere lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Canvasback in Essex, Black-throated Thrush in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Norfolk, Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan and Norfolk, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim, Lesser Scaup in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles (4) and Shetland Isles, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and East Yorkshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 22nd December 2023 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Canvasback in Essex, Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and Lincolnshire, Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan and Norfolk, Lesser Scaups in Devon (five), Pembrokeshire (two), County Waterford and Clyde and Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk. | ||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 21st December 2023 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Canvasback in Essex, Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Pallid Harriers in Norfolk and Carmarthenshire and six Lesser Scaups in Devon. | ||
| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 20th December 2023 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an American Robin in Highland briefly in Caithness.
Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were Canvasback and Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Black-throated Thrush in East Yorkshire, Pallid Harrier between Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and East Yorkshire, and Lesser Scaups in Devon (5), Nottinghamshire, Pembrokeshire, Somerset, Western Isles, and County Waterford. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 19th December 2023 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, single Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan and Norfolk, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and Lesser Scaup in Pembrokeshire.
Significant late news from 5th December concerned a Slate-coloured Junco in a garden at Arklow, County Wicklow. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 18th December 2023 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Canvasback still in Essex, Northern Harrier still in County Wexford, Black-throated Thrush still in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose, Pallid Harrier and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in East Sussex, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, and Lesser Scaups in Devon (5) and Pembrokeshire. | ||
| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 17th December 2023 | ||
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| A Ferruginous Duck was found at Thorpe Park, Surrey.
Lingering rarities still present included the Canvasback in Essex, Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire and Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Sussex, two Lesser Scaup in Pembrokshire and Red-breasted Geese in Norfolk and Northumberland. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 16th December 2023 | ||
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New discoveries today comprised of a Lesser Scaup at Penberry Resr in Pembrokeshire, and a Cackling Goose at Dunfanaghy New Lake in County Donegal. Lingering rarities present included the Black-throated Thrush in East Yorkshire, three Red-breasted Geese, Canvasback in Essex Kentish Plover in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in East Sussex, and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk. |
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| - Ben Clark, RBA | ||
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