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This page gives you access to all of RBA's daily news summaries (since April 13, 2006), 10 days at a time. The most recent are shown, or you can select a specific date to show (along with the previous 10 days). Prior to April 13, 2006 you can find weekly reviews, located in articles. | |||
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| Wednesday 21st March 2012 | ||
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| News of the presence of a Red-breasted Goose with Greylags in Cumbria
was released today; the bird has been present in the Lowther Valley for the last
couple of weeks, and today was joined by a Snow Goose.
Other long staying rarities seen today included the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Spanish Sparrow in Hampshire, Greater Yellowlegs in Highland, Northern Waterthrush in the Isles of Scilly and House Crow in County Cork. The rest of the rarities were headlined by the Little Bunting in Devon, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset and Dumfries and Galloway, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Red-breasted Goose in Dumfries and Galloway and single Lesser Scaups in Highland and Gloucestershire. Glossy Ibises were present in Norfolk (4), Pembrokeshire (3), Dorset (2), Suffolk and County Galway. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 18th March 2012 | ||
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| The highlights of the day were the discovery of an Alpine Swift in Cornwall on The Lizard, and
in the same county, confirmation of a Blue-winged Teal near Wadebridge. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Spanish Sparrow in Hampshire, Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, Laughing Gull in Cumbria, Paddyfield Warbler in West Sussex, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Siberian Stonechat and two Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher, Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire, with Glossy Ibises logged in Cleveland, Dorset (2), County Galway, Kent (2), Norfolk (4), Pembrokeshire (3) and Suffolk. Scarcities included single Night Herons in both Cornwall and Devon, Rose-coloured Starlings in both Ayrshire and Hampshire, Pectoral Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Richard's Pipit in Dorset, Yellow-browed Warblers in Cornwall, West Sussex and Worcestershire, and four Surf Scoters together in Conwy. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 17th March 2012 | ||
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| A first-winter Laughing Gull was watched for an hour at Standing Tarn,
Cumbria late morning, but news was only released after dark. A Long-billed
Dowitcher in Somerset was another quality find today, spending the afternoon
at Greylake RSPB, with other rarity discoveries including a White-billed
Diver at Portsoy, Aberdeenshire and single Glossy Ibises in
Lincolnshire and County Galway.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Northern Waterthrush in the Isles of Scilly, Spanish Sparrow in Hampshire, Siberian Stonechat in County Wexford, Pallid Harrier in County Galway, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Scaup in Somerset (with another of the former still in Dorset), Black-bellied Dipper in Yorkshire and Long-billed Dowitcher in Dumfries and Galloway. Glossy Ibises were seen in Norfolk (4), Pembrokeshire (3), Kent (2), Cleveland, Suffolk and Lancashire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 16th March 2012 | ||
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| Rarities still present today included the Common Yellowthroat in
Gwent, Northern Waterthrush in the Isles of Scilly, Siberian Stonechat
in County Wexford, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Coues's
Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall,
Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Spotted Sandpiper in
Somerset, Red-breasted Goose in Dumfries and Galloway and single Lesser Scaups
in Highland and Somerset. Glossy Ibises were present in Pembrokeshire
(3), Dorset (2), Cleveland, Essex and County Cork.
Scarcity highlights included a Night Heron in Devon, Yellow-browed Warbler in Worcestershire, Surf Scoter in Cornwall and Rose-coloured Starling in Hampshire, along with seven Great Grey Shrikes, six Kumlien's Gulls and three Rough-legged Buzzards. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 15th March 2012 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Common Yellowthroat
in Gwent, Northern Waterthrush on the Isles of Scilly, Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, Paddyfield Warbler in West Sussex,
Red-breasted Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, Siberian Stonechat and two Long-billed Dowitchers together in County Wexford,
Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Lesser Scaups in both Glamorgan and Somerset,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Ross's Goose in Clyde, and Glossy Ibises in both Cleveland and the Isles of Wight (2). Scarcities included a Hoopoe in Suffolk, Lesser Snow Goose in Cumbria and Pectoral Sandpiper in Ayrshire, with two each of Night Heron (together in Devon), Rose-coloured Starling, Surf Scoter, American Wigeon, Yellow-browed Warbler and Kumlien's Gull. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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