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| Monday 1st January 2018 | ||
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| A busy New Year's Day produced rarities in the form of Desert
Wheatear (North Yorkshire), Penduline Tit
(Gloucestershire), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk),
Lesser Scaup (Somerset and Cornwall), White-billed Diver
(Orkney), Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent), King Eider
(Ceredigion/Gwynedd) and Snowy Owl (Co Mayo). Scarcity highlights included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), three Ring-necked Ducks, three Yellow-browed Warblers, four American Wigeons, nine Glossy Ibises, ten Shorelarks and at least 47 Parrot Crossbills. |
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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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| Sunday 31st December 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an adult Ross's Gull in Northumberland at Longhoughton Steel late in the afternoon; the ninth record for the county. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, King Eider in Ceredigion, and Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Somerset. Scarcities included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent), two each of both Glossy Ibis and Surf Scoter, three of American Wigeon and Ring-billed Gull, and in England a total of 22 Parrot Crossbills split between Berkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. |
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| Saturday 30th December 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities included Desert Wheatear (North Yorkshire), Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire), Lesser Scaup (Somerset and Cornwall), King Eider (Ceredigion) and Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk). Scarcities included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Waxwings (Norfolk and Highland), 16 Parrot Crossbills (Berkshire/Surrey border), Hoopoe (Norfolk/ Suffolk border), American Wigeon (Highland), Ring-necked Ducks (Co Clare, Co Tipperary and Co Wexford), Great Grey Shrike (Nottinghamshire) and Glossy Ibises (Co Cork [5], Isle of Wight and Devon). | ||
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| Friday 29th December 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Killdeer on
Isles of Scilly. Initially present in a chicken field near the airport on St
Mary's, the plover was later seen at Porth Minack, before it flew north over Old
Town late in the day. Elsewhere. lingering rarities included Coues's
Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk), Desert Wheatear (North
Yorkshire), Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire) and Lesser
Scaup (Cornwall). The best of the rest included a Little Bunting (Cornwall), Waxwing (Cleveland), Rough-legged Buzzards (Cambridgeshire and North Yorkshire), Glossy Ibises (Co Galway and Co Cork [5]) and Temminck's Stint (West Sussex). |
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| Thursday 28th December 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the
Desert Wheatear in Yorkshire, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset,
Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Black Scoter and King Eider
in County Kerry, King Eider in Ceredigion and Lesser Scaup in
Cornwall.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Waxwing, three Great Grey Shrikes, eight Shorelarks, 12 Lapland Buntings, 28 Parrot Crossbills, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, two Ring-necked Ducks, three American Wigeon, two Tundra Bean Geese, eight Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, six Ring-billed Gulls, nine Glaucous Gulls, and 14 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Wednesday 27th December 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Desert Wheatear at Whitby,
Yorkshire, Penduline Tit at Longford, Gloucestershire and Lesser Scaup
at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset.
Scarcity highlights included a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Shorelarks, two Waxwings, 22 Parrot Crossbills, a Tundra Bean Goose, three American Wigeon, four Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, seven Glossy Ibises, a Little Auk, a Pomarine Skua, a Kumlien's Gull, five Ring-billed Gulls, 12 Glaucous Gulls and 17 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Tuesday 26th December 2017 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire, Penduline Tit
still in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, King Eider
in Ceredigion and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcities included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Essex), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Glossy Ibis, Ring-necked Duck, three American Wigeons, seven Surf Scoters, and in England a total of 45 Parrot Crossbills located between Berkshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. |
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| Monday 25th December 2017 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire, Penduline Tit
still in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset,
a White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles and a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll
discovered on Unst, Shetland Isles Scarcities included American Wigeon (Devon), Surf Scoter (County Clare), Ring-necked Duck (County Kerry), Ring-billed Gull and three Glossy Ibises (all in County Cork), and in England nine Parrot Crossbills between Berkshire, Derbyshire and Hertfordshire. |
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| Sunday 24th December 2017 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire,
Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs
in Dorset and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), two each of both American Wigeon and Snow Goose, six Glossy Ibises, and in England a total of 31 Parrot Crossbills between Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire and Suffolk. |
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| Saturday 23rd December 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery in North Yorkshire of the second Desert Wheatear of the autumn at Whitby where it had first been seen - but not identified - six days ago. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Penduline Tit still in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Long-billed Dowitcher in Suffolk. Scarcities included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Ring-necked Duck (County Wexford), two each of Surf Scoter (together in Conwy), American Wigeon, Ring-billed Gull and Glossy Ibis, and in England a total of 37 Parrot Crossbills between Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire and Suffolk. |
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