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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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| Saturday 21st November 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Greater Yellowlegs at
Whippingham, Isle of Wight, Forster's Tern at Mutton Island, County
Galway, Bonaparte's Gull at Dawlish, Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher
at Cresswell, Northumberland and Ferruginous Duck at Blashford,
Hampshire.
Scarcity highlights were a Hoopoe, a Serin, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Rough-legged Buzzard, an American Wigeon, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Snow Geese, two Waxwings, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Ring-necked Ducks, two Green-winged Teals, four Surf Scoters and five Great Grey Shrikes. Seawatching was the highlight of the day, with totals of 3,601 Little Auks counted, along with 245 Pomarine Skuas, 40 Leach's Petrels, 19 Grey Phalaropes, eight Balearic Shearwaters and singles of Cory's Shearwater and Long-tailed Skua. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 20th November 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities present today included the Pallid Harrier at
Snettisham RSPB, Norfolk, Dusky Warbler at Dungeness RSPB, Kent,
Gull-billed Tern at Tralee, County Kerry and Long-billed Dowitcher at
Cresswell, Northumberland.
Scarcity totals included one each of Serin, Yellow-browed Warbler, Waxwing, Rose-coloured Starling, Lapland Bunting, Kumlien's Gull, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal and Black Brant, two each of Hoopoe, Surf Scoter, Snow Goose, Grey Phalarope and Ring-billed Gull, three Glossy Ibises, four Rough-legged Buzzards, five Great Grey Shrikes, seven Pomarine Skuas, at least 14 Leach's Petrels and 62 Little Auks. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 17th November 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the presence of potentially two Pallid Harriers
in Norfolk; the lingering bird still roosting at Warham Greens and it or another at Snettisham. Elsewhere, other lingering rarities comprosed the Crag Martin still in Derbyshire, Desert Wheatear in Cumbria, Dusky Warbler in Kent, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland and Northern Harrier on the Orkney Isles. Scarities included Hoopoe (Norfolk), Rose-coloured Starling (County Dublin), Yellow-browed Warbler (West Midlands), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), Ring-necked Duck (County Down), Cattle Egret and Long-tailed Skua (both Devon), two each of American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Rough-legged Buzzard and Glossy Ibis, three of Lapland Bunting and Leach's Petrel, and four Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| Sunday 15th November 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pallid Harrier in Norfolk at Warham Greens, whilst in Highland a
Northern Harrier was reported at Loch Watten. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Crag Martin in Derbyshire, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Richardson's Cackling Goose on Islay, and single Lesser Scaup on both the Isles of Scilly and the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Serin (London), Red-breasted Flycatcher (County Waterford), Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis (Norfolk), Sabine's Gull (Oxfordshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (West Midlands), two each of both Surf Scoter and Ring-necked Duck, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Rough-legged Buzzards and six Great Grey Shrikes. Seawatching produced Leach's Petrels in ten counties, and Pomarine Skua from four. |
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| Saturday 14th November 2015 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Crag Martin at
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Long-billed Dowitcher at Cresswell,
Northumberland, White-rumped Sandpiper at Musselburgh, Lothian, Lesser
Scaup at Lower Moors, Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull at Dawlish,
Devon and Ferruginous Duck at Washington, Durham.
Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Grey Phalarope, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, two Ring-necked Ducks, two Rough-legged Buzzards and six Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 13th November 2015 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today were a Bonaparte's Gull at Rusheen Bay,
County Galway, and a report of a Red-throated Pipit over Carsington
Water, Derbyshire.
Lingering rarities included the Crag Martin in Derbyshire, Northern Harrier in Orkney, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland and White-rumped Sandpiper in Lothian. The best of the rest were a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Hoopoe, a Ring-necked Duck, a Green-winged Teal, an American Golden Plover, a Ring-billed Gull, two Glossy Ibises, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Black Brants, two Surf Scoters, five Yellow-browed Warblers, five Iceland Gulls and six Great Grey Shrikes. Seabirds included 14 Leach's Petrels, six Long-tailed Skuas, 48 Pomarine Skuas, 20 Grey Phalaropes and 11 Little Auks. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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