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 NewsMap Lite - Rare and scarce birds in the British Isles today - from Rare Bird Alert

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  Most recent RBA news as at 23:29 (Includes local news not shown on NewsMap Lite)
Below is the actual text of the 3 most recent messages to RBA subscribers. For how to access all messages: click here
  News summary for yesterday  
  RBA subscribers click here for more daily summaries complete with weather charts
  The mega today was a Black-faced Bunting at Aber Dysynni in Gwynedd.

The new rarities consisted of a Semipalmated Plover at Dungarvan in County Waterford, Steppe Grey Shrike at Swindon in Wiltshire, Long-billed Dowitcher at Stenness in Orkney, Ridgway's Cackling Geese at Arundel in West Sussex (two), Isabelline Wheatear at Dungarvan in County Waterford, Crag Martin at Blakeney in Norfolk, Olive-backed Pipits at Spurn in East Yorkshire and Abbotsbury in Dorset, Desert Wheatears at Holland Haven in Essex and Rimac in Lincolnshire, Hume's Warblers at Bamburgh in Northumberland, Church Norton in West Sussex, Holmpton in East Yorkshire (two), Easington in East Yorkshire, Wiveton in Norfolk and Scarborough in North Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers at Kessingland in Suffolk, Lizard Village in Cornwall and Cleadon in County Durham, Coues's Redpoll at Kilnsea in East Yorkshire and a Ferruginous Duck at Blashford Lakes in Hampshire.

Rarities included a Black-faced Bunting in Norfolk, Eastern Bonelli's Warbler in East Yorkshire, Pied Wheatears in East Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, Double-crested Cormorant in County Galway, Isabelline Wheatear in Kent, King Eider in Shetland, Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Cork, Crag Martin in Angus, Siberian Stonechat in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatears in County Cork, Gwynedd, East Yorkshire, Norfolk and Shetland, Hume's Warblers in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire (two) and East Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers in Scilly and East Yorkshire, Coues's Redpolls in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford and County Dublin, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Cackling Goose in Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland and Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan and Lancashire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
   
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