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| Sunday 31st January 2010 | ||
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| In County Galway, the juvenile Thayer's Gull was once again present on
Ross Beach, with the Forster's Tern also still in the county at Claddagh
Beach. The Black-throated Thrush continued to visit the garden at Newholm,
Yorkshire, whilst other lingering rarities seen today included Lesser Scaup
in Glamorgan, Little Bunting in Highland, Black Kite in Powys and
single Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll and County Sligo.
Scarcities recorded included four Great White Egrets, five Cattle Egrets, six Snow Geese, two Black Brants, three Surf Scoters, American Wigeon, six Green-winged Teals, six Ring-necked Ducks, four Rough-legged Buzzards, 15 Ring-billed Gulls, seven Caspian Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls, nine Iceland Gulls, nine Shorelarks, two Waxwings, seven Great Grey Shrikes, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Serins and three Lapland Buntings. |
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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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| Saturday 30th January 2010 | ||
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| The first Pacific Diver for Ireland was discovered in County Galway
today, an adult seen off Rinville Point, Oranmore. The county also continues to
hold Thayer's Gull at Letterfrack and Forster's Tern on Claddagh
Beach.
Wintering rarities still present today included the Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Black Kite in Powys, Gyr and Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, King Eider in Moray, Little Bunting in Highland, Bonaparte's Gull in Anglesey, three Glossy Ibises in Somerset, single Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Glamorgan and a female Ferruginous Duck is present at Fairburn Ings, Yorkshire for its third day. A probable American Robin was seen briefly in Skelton, Cleveland this afternoon. |
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| Friday 29th January 2010 | ||
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| An adult Bonaparte's Gull was discovered on the South Gare (Cleveland)
this afternoon, whilst on Anglesey the adult Bonaparte's Gull lingered at
Traeth Lligwy. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Black Kite in Powys,
Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Thayer's Gull and
Forster's Tern in Co Galway, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Glossy
Ibises in Somerset and Little Bunting in Highland.
The best of the rest came in the form of Ring-necked Ducks in Lancashire, Norfolk and Co Donegal, American Wigeons in Lancashire and Dumfries & Galloway, Green-winged Teals in Leicestershire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Lancashire and Co Clare, Great White Egrets in Glamorgan and Cambridgeshire and Cattle Egrets in Cornwall (3) and Devon. |
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| Thursday 28th January 2010 | ||
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| As yesterday, today was about long staying rarities: In Ireland, the
Thayer's Gull was seen again at Ross Beach in County Galway and both the
Forster's Tern and American Herring Gull were still to be found at
Nimmo's Pier. Elsewhere, the Black-throated Thrush was still near Whitby
in Yorkshire, the Lesser Scaup was still to be found at Dozmary Pool in
Cornwall and the Bonaparte's Gull was still at Traeth Ligwy on Anglesey.
In Highland, the Little Bunting continued to frequent gardens at Dunnet
and, in Wales, the Black Kite could again be found at Gigrin Farm.
Amongst non-rarities, American Wigeon were reported in Dumfries & Galloway today and belatedly from Inverness in Highland yesterday. The Snow Goose was still with Pinkfeet in north Norfolk. Five Cattle Egrets were all in Cornwall but the six Great White Egrets were spread across six different counties. Thirteen Tundra Bean Geese were reported at five sites and four Great Grey Shrikes were seen. There were half a dozen Glaucous Gulls around the country and four Iceland Gulls. |
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| Wednesday 27th January 2010 | ||
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| The only new rarity today was a belated report of a Penduline Tit seen on Monday at Grove Ferry in east Kent. Otherwise, today was all about 'long staying' rarities: The female Black-throated Thrush remained near Whitby in North Yorkshire, whilst the Bonaparte's Gull was seen again at Traeth Lligwy in Anglesey and elsewhere in Wales, the Black Kite was still at Gigrin in Powys. In Cornwall the Lesser Scaup remained on Dozmary Pool whilst the Spotted Sandpiper could still be found on the Exe Estuary in Devon and, at the other end of the country, the Little Bunting was still visiting gardens at Dunnet in Highland, the King Eider was still at Burghead in Moray and the Black-bellied Dipper was still on Mainland Shetland. | ||
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| Tuesday 26th January 2010 | ||
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| In County Galway the juvenile Thayer's Gull remained at Ross, whilst
the American Eider was also seen again at Fanad Head, County Donegal.
In Kent, a Penduline Tit reappeared at Dungeness RSPB, whilst other wintering rarities included Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, King Eider in Moray, Little Bunting in Highland, Black Kite in Powys, single Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and Cornwall and Red-breasted Goose in Devon. |
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| Monday 25th January 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire,
Thayer's Gull in Co Galway, Little Bunting in Highland,
Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Devon, Bonaparte's Gull on Anglesey,
Pallid Harrier in Cornwall, Glossy Ibises in Somerset, Lesser
Scaup in Glamorgan and Black Kite in Powys. News was released of a
Lesser Scaup in Cornwall (present for at least its ninth day) and a
Black-bellied Dipper was on Mainland Shetland (for its second day).
Elsewhere a Richardson's Canada Goose lingered on Tiree, the Rose-coloured Starling was still in Oxfordshire, seven Great White Egrets and two Cattle Egrets were logged and Ring-necked Ducks were still in Cornwall, Orkney and West Yorkshire. |
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| Sunday 24th January 2010 | ||
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| The Black-throated Thrush (North Yorkshire), Little Bunting
(Highland), Thayer's Gull and Forster's Tern (Co Galway), Black
Kite (Powys) and Glossy Ibises (Somerset) were all confirmed as still
being present today. Lingering wildfowl included Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Devon, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Hooded Merganser in Cleveland. Elsewhere the Rose-coloured Starling in Oxfordshire, six Great White Egrets, six Cattle Egrets and three Ring-necked Ducks were also logged. |
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| Saturday 23rd January 2010 | ||
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| In Essex, an adult Red-breasted Goose was found on Wallasea Island
with the large flock of Dark-bellied Brent Geese, which also contained a
Black Brant and a couple of Pale-bellied Brent Geese. The Red-breasted Goose
remained until dusk, although became more mobile.
In Ireland, the juvenile Thayer's Gull remained at Cleggan, County Galway, whilst other lingering rarities included Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Black Kite in Powys, Little Bunting in Highland, King Eider in Moray, Bonaparte's Gull in Anglesey and three Glossy Ibises in Somerset. |
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| Friday 22nd January 2010 | ||
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| In County Galway, the identification of the
juvenile gull at Cleggan has finally settled on Thayer's Gull,
potentially the seventh for Ireland and first for County Galway. Wintering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Little Bunting in Highland, Gyr in Argyll and Black Kite in Powys, whilst scarcities included four Green-winged Teals, three each of Cattle Egret, Great White Egret and Ring-necked Duck and single American Wigeon and Surf Scoter. |
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