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| Monday 11th January 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a female Black-throated Thrush in a garden in Newholm, North Yorkshire. The Pallid Harrier showed again at Sennen, Cornwall whilst elsewhere lingering rarities comprised the Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Kite in Powys, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Spotted Sandpiper and Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in County Armagh, Little Bunting in Highland and in Kent a Penduline Tit reappeared at Dungeness. Scarcities present today included eight Glaucous Gulls, seven Waxwings, six Lapland Buntings (Lincolnhire), five Ring-billed Gulls, four Black Brants, three each of Shorelark, Iceland Gull and Caspian Gull, two each of Surf Scoter, Ring-necked Duck, Great White Egret and Green-winged Teal and single Serin (London), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Great Grey Shrike (Warwickshire) and Little Auk (North Yorkshire). |
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Daily news summaries
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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Sunday 10th January 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation of the identity of a juvenile Pallid Harrier in Cornwall at Sennen, then later near Madron at Men-an-Tol. This bird had been first seen in the area on 4th December but was not conclusively identified, and has proved elusive since. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Forster's Tern in County Galway, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Little Bunting in Highland, Spotted Sandpiper and Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Ferruginous Duck in County Armagh. Scarcities present included 18 Caspian Gulls, eleven each of Lapland Bunting and Iceland Gull, nine each of Ring-billed Gull and Glaucous Gull, six Black Brants, three each of Green-winged Teal and Waxwing, two each of Surf Scoter, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Snow Goose (together in Aberdeenshire), Great White Egret, Great Grey Shrike and Shorelark (Norfolk) and single Serin (London), Cattle Egret (Cornwall) and Grey Phalarope (Norfolk). |
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| Saturday 9th January 2010 | ||
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| In Powys, the juvenile Black Kite continued to show very well at the
Gigrin Farm feeding station. Other lingering rarities seen today included
Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Little Bunting in Highland, Lesser
Scaup in Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose in Devon and Ferruginous
Duck in County Armagh.
Scarcities included Surf Scoter in Devon, Green-winged Teal in Hampshire, two Ring-necked Ducks, three Black Brants in Dorset, Snow Goose in Argyll, 22 Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, five Glaucous Gulls, six Iceland Gulls, ten Caspian Gulls, Great Grey Shrike in Warwickshire, 11 Spoonbills, Great White Egret and two Cattle Egrets in Somerset, Rough-legged Buzzard in Norfolk, three Waxwings, two Lapland Buntings and a Serin in London. |
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| Friday 8th January 2010 | ||
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| A female Black-throated Thrush was discovered on The Gower, Glamorgan
this morning, but it could not be found later in the day.
Lingering rarities included Black Duck (Isles of Scilly), Little Bunting (Highland), Ferruginous Duck (Berkshire), Black Kite (Powys), Spotted Sandpiper (Devon), Baird's Sandpiper (Lothian) and Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan). The best of the rest comprised Ring-necked Duck and Great White Egret (Lancashire), Serin (London), two Cattle Egrets (Somerset) and Surf Scoter (Fife). |
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| Thursday 7th January 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Black Kite in Powys,
Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher
in Argyll, Little Bunting in Highland and Ferruginous Duck in Berkshire. Scarcities included eight Caspian Gulls, four Great White Egrets, three each of Lapland Bunting and Glaucous Gull, two each of Ring-billed Gull and Iceland Gull and single Serin (London), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (Conwy), Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire) and Green-winged Teal (County Antrim). |
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| Wednesday 6th January 2010 | ||
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| A grey morph Gyr reappeared on Mainland Orkney this afternoon, but
only briefly. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Black Kite in Powys,
Glossy Ibis in Co Wexford, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Little
Bunting in Highland and Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire.
Three Great White Egrets, a Ring-necked Duck and a Richard's Pipit were also reported. |
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| Tuesday 5th January 2010 | ||
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| Hot news today related to the arrival of a drake Baikal Teal at
Tacumshin in Co Wexford. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Baird's
Sandpiper (Lothian), Little Bunting (Highland), Black Kite
(Powys), Ferruginous Duck (Norfolk), Spotted Sandpiper (Devon),
Blue-winged Teal (Co Dublin) and a Snowy Owl reappeared on Lewis
(Western Isles).
The best of the rest comprised Richard's Pipit in Cornwall, Great White Egrets in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, Surf Scoter in Devon, Ring-necked Ducks in Lancashire and Buckinghamshire and Serin in London. |
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| Monday 4th January 2010 | ||
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| In Norfolk, the probable Pacific Diver was seen again at Titchwell,
where it flew west on two occasions. Elsewhere, in Wales, the Black Kite
remained at the Red Kite feeding station at Gigrin Farm, Powys.
Wintering rarities seen today included the Little Bunting in Highland, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Glossy Ibis in Worcestershire, Spotted Sandpiper and Red-breasted Goose in Devon and single Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk and Yorkshire. |
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| Sunday 3rd January 2010 | ||
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| A juvenile Black Kite at Gigrin Farm, Powys is an excellent winter record,
being the first ever January sighting of this species in Britain (excluding the wintering Black-eared Kite of 2006/2007). A diver
species, thought to be possibly a Pacific Diver was seen off Titchwell,
Norfolk late afternoon, whilst a dowitcher species, thought to be probably a
Long-billed Dowitcher was seen briefly at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire
briefly early afternoon.
Lingering rarities included Forster's Tern in County Galway, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Glossy Ibises in Worcestershire and Somerset, Spotted Sandpipers in Essex and Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Little Bunting in Highland, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose in Devon and Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, Yorkshire, County Armagh and Staffordshire. |
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| Saturday 2nd January 2010 | ||
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| A drake American Eider, of the form dresseri, was discovered in Glasagh
Bay, County Donegal this morning. This is possibly the first Western Palearctic
record, at a site also well known for records of borealis Northern Eiders.
In Surrey, the Brown Shrike remained at Staines Moor, although it proved very elusive. The Forster's Tern remained at Nimmo's Pier, County Galway, as did the Blue-winged Teal at North Bull Island, County Dublin, single Spotted Sandpipers in Devon and Essex, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Little Bunting in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Glossy Ibises in Somerset (3) and Worcestershire and single Ferruginous Ducks in Yorkshire and Staffordshire. |
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