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| Saturday 14th February 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, American Coot
in County Kerry, Black Scoters in both County Kerry and Northumberland,
Laughing Gull in Wirral, three Penduline Tits in Devon, Blue-winged Teal and
White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan,
King Eider in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, Lesser Scaup in Ayrshire and Glamorgan,
Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire, Ross's Goose in Northumberland and
Black-bellied Dipper in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), two each of Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret, three of Little Bunting, Surf Scoter, Ring-necked Duck and Shorelark, seven American Wigeons, nine Rough-legged Buzzards and 15 Great Grey Shrikes. Other notable gulls were 17 Iceland, 16 Glaucous, 11 Caspian, six Ring-billed and a Kumlien's. |
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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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| Friday 13th February 2015 | ||
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| A Black-bellied Dipper was first reported today at Burton Agnes in
East Yorkshire, although it had been present for four days. Otherwise it was
business as usual with the only rarities reported being the Harlequin Duck
in Aberdeen, the Laughing Gull on the Wirral, the Blue-winged Teal
in Orkney, Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and County Kerry, and the
Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo. There were also reports of
possible/probable American Herring Gulls at Hayle in Cornwall and in
Yorkshire yesterday.
A Glossy Ibis at Gonalston in Nottinghamshire proved popular and the Little Bunting remained well watched in Cardiff, with the two Serins remaining in Essex. There were six Rough-legged Buzzards, five Great Grey Shrikes, and three American Wigeons but only one Shorelark. The Richard's Pipit was still to be found on the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent. |
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| Thursday 12th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Laughing Gull (Wirral), Harlequin Duck
(Aberdeenshire), Penduline Tits (Devon), Bonaparte's Gull (Glamorgan),
Black
Scoters (Northumberland and Co Kerry), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan), White-billed
Diver (Orkney) and Ferruginous Duck (Gloucestershire).
The best of the rest included Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), two Richard's Pipits, two Cattle Egrets, three Little Buntings and three American Wigeons. |
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| Wednesday 11th February 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Slaty-backed Gull at Killybegs, County Donegal: the first sighting since 17th-18th January. Rarities elsewhere comprised two White-billed Divers together in Highland at Loch Ewe, the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, Laughing Gull on the Wirral, three Penduline Tits and a Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Cornwall, Blue-winged Teal on the Orkney Isles, and Lesser Scaup in both Ayrshire and Glamorgan. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Essex), Richard's Pipit and Cattle Egret (Kent), two Serins (Essex), three each of Little Bunting and Ring-necked Duck, four Rough-legged Buzzards and five American Wigeons. Other notable gulls totalled 13 Caspian, 10 Glaucous, seven Iceland, three Ring-billed and a Kumlien's. |
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| Tuesday 10th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Black Scoter in Northumberland, Penduline Tit in
Devon, King Eider in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire,
Laughing
Gull in Wirral, Harlequin Duck in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon,
Black Duck on Isles of Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs in Co Dublin, Lesser Scaup
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Ayrshire and Ross's Goose in Northumberland.
The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit (Kent), two American Wigeons, two Glossy Ibises, two Serins, three Little Buntings and three Cattle Egrets. |
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| Monday 9th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), Laughing Gull
(Wirral), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan), Black Scoters (Co Kerry and Northumberland),
Richardson's Cackling Goose (Western Isles), Pacific Diver
(Cornwall)
and Lesser Yellowlegs (East Sussex).
The best of the rest included Glossy Ibis (Cambridgeshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Little Bunting (Glamorgan), two Serins (Essex), two Cattle Egrets (Kent) and four American Wigeons. |
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| Sunday 8th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), King
Eider and Pacific Diver (Cornwall), Penduline Tits (Devon),
Laughing Gull (Wirral), Black Scoters (Northumberland and Co Kerry),
Lesser Yellowlegs (East Sussex), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan),
Ferruginous Ducks (Hampshire and Gloucestershire), Richardson's Cackling
Goose (Western Isles) and American Coot (Co Kerry).
The best of the rest included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), two Serins (Essex), two Richard's Pipits, two Glossy Ibises, three Cattle Egrets and four American Wigeons. |
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| Saturday 7th February 2015 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, American Coot on the Western Isles,
Pacific Diver and King Eider in Cornwall, Laughing Gull on the Wirral,
Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Scoter in Northumberland,
Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in East Sussex, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan,
Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire, and Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), two each of Serin, Richard's Pipit and Cattle Egret, four of both American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, five Shorelarks, and eight each of Surf Scoter and Rough-legged Buzzards. Totals of notable gulls were 26 Glaucous, 20 Iceland, 17 Caspian, six Ring-billed and five Kumlien's. |
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| Friday 6th February 2015 | ||
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| No new rarities were found today. The Laughing Gull remained a popular
attraction on the Wirral with the long staying bird also still at Ballycotton in
County Cork. The other main attraction, the drake Harlequin Duck was
still in Aberdeen. In Northumberland the Black Scoter was seen again off
Cheswick Sands.
Other long staying rarities included the Lesser Yellowlegs in Sussex, the three, somewhat elusive, Penduline Tits in Devon, the Black Duck on Scilly, Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire and Gloucestershire and Lesser Scaups in Cornwall, Glamorgan and County Kerry. Scarcities around the country included the Little Bunting still in Glamorgan, the two Serins in Essex, as well as five Shorelarks, eight Great Grey Shrikes, six Rough-legged Buzzards, five Ring-billed Gulls, 16 Glaucous Gulls, 13 Iceland Gulls and three Ring-necked Ducks including a new bird in Somerset. |
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| Thursday 5th February 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), Laughing Gull
(Wirral), Black Scoter (Co Kerry), Lesser Yellowlegs (East Sussex),
Pacific
Diver (Cornwall), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall) and Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire),
whilst a Cackling Goose was reported on North Uist (Western Isles) and a
possible grey morph Gyr flew over Havergate Marshes (Norfolk).
The best of the rest included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Ring-necked Duck (Western Isles), Glossy Ibis (Co Waterford), two Serins (Essex), at least one Cattle Egret (East Sussex/Kent) two Richard's Pipits and four American Wigeons. |
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