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| Tuesday 2nd March 2010 | ||
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| The Pied-billed Grebe (Co Limerick), Little Buntings (Cornwall
and Highland), Lesser Scaups (Clyde and Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull
(Anglesey), Black Kite (Powys) and American Golden Plover
(Lincolnshire) were all confirmed as still being present today.
The first summer migrants have started to trickle into the country over the last few days, including an Osprey in Wiltshire, Garganey in Kent, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire and Little Ringed Plovers in Nottinghamshire and Wirral. |
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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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| Monday 1st March 2010 | ||
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| The Pied-billed Grebe remained at Lough Gur (Co Limerick) whilst
elsewhere in Ireland the Black Duck lingered in Co Mayo.
In Britain rarities included American Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, Little Buntings in Highland and Cornwall, Black Duck in Cornwall, Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan, Clyde and Cornwall, Black Kite in Powys, King Eider in Moray and Glossy Ibises in Somerset. On Anglesey the adult Bonaparte's Gull reappeared at Traeth Lligwy. In Essex a Pallas's Warbler was reported in Braintree, the Rose-coloured Starling was still present in Cumbria and in Dumfries and Galloway the American Wigeon continued to show well at Caerlaverock WWT. |
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| Sunday 28th February 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Pied-billed Grebe in County Mayo,
Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose in Devon,
Glossy Ibis in County Wexford, single Black Ducks in both Cornwall and County Mayo, two
King Eiders together in Moray, Little Buntings in both Cornwall and Highland and
Lesser Scaups in Clyde, Cornwall and Glamorgan (2). Scarcities included 36 Waxwings across 10 counties, six Green-winged Teals, five Tundra Bean Geese, four each of Ring-necked Duck, Ring-billed Gull and Glaucous Gull, three each of Cattle Egret, Black Brant, Iceland Gull and Caspian Gull, two Great Grey Shrikes and a single Surf Scoter (Devon), American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway) and Great White Egret (Glamorgan). |
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| Saturday 27th February 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Pied-billed Grebe
at Lough Gur, County Limerick. It showed constantly all day, although remained
distant throughout. Also in Ireland, the Forster's Tern was seen in
County Galway, and the Blue-winged Teal was seen in County Dublin.
Elsewhere, lingering rarities included Black Kite in Powys, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, single Little Buntings in Cornwall and Highland, and single Lesser Scaups in Cornwall, Glamorgan and Clyde. |
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| Friday 26th February 2010 | ||
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| Wintering rarities seen today included Black Kite in Powys,
Red-breasted Goose in Devon, single Little Buntings in Cornwall and
Highland, three Glossy Ibises in Somerset and single Lesser Scaups
in Cornwall, Glamorgan and Clyde.
Belated news of a Little Bunting in Devon concerned one present on Lundy on Wednesday, for its third day. There was negative news on the Pied-billed Grebe in County Limerick. Scarcities included a Great Grey Shrike (Lincolnshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Surf Scoter (Devon), three Ring-necked Ducks, two Green-winged Teals, American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway), Black Brant (Norfolk), six Ring-billed Gulls, four Iceland Gulls, two Glaucous Gulls, three Caspian Gulls, 35+ Waxwings, 18 Spoonbills, Great White Egret (Gwent) and Shorelark (Flintshire). |
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| Thursday 25th February 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was breaking news of a Pied-billed Grebe present at Lough Gur, County Limerick since 20th February. Although there have been 47 previous records accumulated between Britain and Ireland - several of which have remained for long periods - this is first record since 2003 (when one visited Tacumshin, County Wexford on 22nd-30th November), prior to which the last well-watched individuals were in 1999. Rarities seen elsewhere comprised the Lesser Scaup still in Clyde, Red-breasted Goose still in Devon and single Little Buntings in both Cornwall and Highland. Scarcities included 22 Waxwings across seven counties, 13 Shorelarks, six Caspian Gulls, five Tundra Bean Geese, four Great Grey Shrikes, three each of Ring-billed Gull and Green-winged Teal, two each of Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Cattle Egret (Cornwall), Ring-necked Duck and Lapland Bunting and single Greater Snow Goose (Norfolk), Surf Scoter (Devon), American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway), Great White Egret (Warwickshire) and Iceland Gull (Cornwall). |
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| Wednesday 24th February 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a white morph Gyr seen briefly near Newquay, Cornwall. Lingering rarities included the Black Duck and Lesser Scaup still together in Cornwall, the Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Black Kite in Powys, Glossy Ibis in County Wexford, Lesser Scaups in both Clyde and Glamorgan and single Little Buntings in both Cornwall and Highland. Scarcities included 26 Waxwings across seven counties, 16 Shorelarks (together in Norfolk), 14 Tundra Bean Geese, six each of Snow Goose and Great White Egret, four each of Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal, three Great Grey Shrikes, two each of Cattle Egret (together in Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Black Brant, Ring-billed Gull, Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull and single Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria), American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway) and Caspian Gull (Leicestershire). |
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| Tuesday 23rd February 2010 | ||
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| In Ireland the Baikal Teal remained at Tacumshin (Co Wexford), where a
Glossy Ibis, Long-billed Dowitcher and Green-winged Teal
also lingered. In Co Donegal the American Eider was again off Fanad Head
Elsewhere rarities included Black Kite (Powys), Black Duck (Cornwall), Lesser Scaups (Clyde, Cornwall and Glamorgan), Red-breasted Goose (Devon) and Little Buntings (Highland and Cornwall). On Isles of Scilly a Hoopoe arrived on St Mary's (following a belated report of a Hoopoe in Cornwall on Sunday), the American Wigeon lingered in Dumfries & Galloway and Ring-necked Ducks were logged in Carmarthenshire and Orkney. In Cumbria the Rose-coloured Starling was still in a Kendal garden. |
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| Monday 22nd February 2010 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Little Buntings in Highland and Cornwall,
Red-breasted Goose in Devon, American Eider in Co Donegal and Glossy
Ibises in Co Wexford and Somerset (3). A Lesser Scaup appeared at Hogganfield Loch,
Clyde, whilst another remained in Cornwall.
The best of the rest came in the form of Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria), American Wigeon (Dumfries & Galloway) and Greater Snow Goose (Norfolk). |
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| Sunday 21st February 2010 | ||
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| In Co Wexford the Baikal Teal remained at Tacumshin (where the
Long-billed Dowitcher, Glossy Ibis and Green-winged Teal all also
remained on show). Elsewhere in Ireland the American Eider lingered
in Co Donegal and a Forster's Tern was still in Co Galway.
Lingering rarities east of the Irish Sea included Black Kite (Powys), Dusky Warbler (London) and Little Buntings (Highland and Cornwall). Rare wintering wildfowl were represented by two King Eiders in Moray and Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Glamorgan. Other reports included four Ring-necked Ducks, four Rough-legged Buzzards, at least three Great White Egrets and single American Wigeon and Greater Snow Goose. |
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