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

Welcome to Rare Bird Alert's birdnews map for BirdForum. Click on the symbols on the map to find the basic details on the latest breaking rare and scarce birdnews for Britain and Ireland.  To see the full details of each sighting you need to use the subscriber only "NewsMap". Know about something not yet reported today? Have an update? Please contribute your own sightings - full details of how to do that here

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  Most recent RBA news as at 13:25 (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
  Todays find of the day was a Rufous-tailed Robin at Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire.

New rarities today consisted of a Dusky Warblers at St Agnes on Scilly, at Holkham Pines and Walsey Hills in Norfolk and at Spurn in East Yorkshire, a Red-flanked Bluetail at Swining in Shetland, a Radde's Warbler at Easington in East Yorkshire, a Western Bonelli's Warbler at Cape Clear in County Cork, Hume's Warblers at Spurn in East Yorkshire and Saltwick Nab in North Yorkshire, an American Pipit at St Agnes on Scilly, an Isabelline Wheatear at Saltend in East Yorkshire, a Desert Wheatear at Whitburn in County Durham, a Black Kite over Spurn in East Yorkshire, two White-rumped Sandpipers at Inland Sea on Anglesey, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Clonakilty in County Cork and a Spotted Sandpiper at Nostell Priory in West Yorkshire.

Continuing rarities today consisted of Pacific Diver in County Cork, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Ross's Goose in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Greater Yellowlegs in County Sligo, Pacific Golden Plover on Isle of Wight, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and County Dublin, White-rumped Sandpipers in Aberdeenshire, County Cork and Western Isles (3), Sora on Scilly, Chestnut Bunting in Shetland, Isabelline Shrike sp in Suffolk, American Pipit in Northamptonshire, Red-throated Pipit on Scilly, Isabelline Wheatears in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and East Yorkshire (3), Desert Wheatear in Norfolk, Blackpoll Warbler on Western Isles, Red-eyed Vireo on Scilly, Radde's Warblers in Devon and East Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers in Norfolk (2) and Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
   
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