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| Saturday 6th April 2019 | ||
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| A Black Kite was seen over Holyhead Mountain, Anglesey early afternoon.
Lingering rarities included the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Blue-winged Teal, Black Duck and King Eider in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire. Scarcity highlights included a White-spotted Bluethroat, two Hoopoes, three Shorelarks, five Great Grey Shrikes, two Dotterel, three Rough-legged Buzzards, a Kumlien's Gull and three Ring-billed Gulls. |
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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 5th April 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, a
Red-rumped Swallow new in Glamorgan at Kenfig Pool, Blue-winged Teal still in Highland,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset, and three
White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (reported in Northumberland), Night Heron (Isles of Scilly), Great Grey Shrike (Northamptonshire), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler, three of both Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis, four Shorelarks, and a total of six Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included Nightingale (Surrey), Lesser Whitethroat (Staffordshire), Cuckoo (Essex), two each of Little Tern, Garden Warbler and Hobby, three Grasshopper Warblers, four Pied Flycatchers, 17 Ring Ouzels, 19 Garganey, 20 Arctic Terns and a total of 21 migrant Ospreys. Significant late news concerned a Ross's Gull present on 31st March at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. |
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| Thursday 4th April 2019 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Black Kite over Pegwell Bay, Kent, and a report of an orange-billed tern species off Mousehole, Cornwall.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Pallas's Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, 11 Shorelarks, a Black-bellied Dipper, three Rough-legged Buzzards, two Tundra Bean Geese, two Surf Scoters, two Green-winged Teals, our Ring-necked Ducks, three Iceland Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls, a Night Heron, three Glossy Ibises and a White Stork. |
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| Wednesday 3rd April 2019 | ||
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| New rarities today were Savi's Warbler and Kentish Plover together in Kent at Sandwich Bay. Elsewhere the
Great Spotted Cuckoo remained on the Isle of Wight, as did the Pied-billed Grebe
in Argyll, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and in Highland both
Blue-winged Teal and King Eider. Scarcities included Yellow-browed Warbler (Somerset), Great Grey Shrike (Northamptonshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), American Wigeon (Highland), two Ring-billed Gulls, four each of both Glossy Ibis and Shorelark, and five Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming summer migrants included Cuckoo (Devon), Lesser Whitethroat (Merseyside), two each of Tree Pipit, Reed Warbler and Whitethroat, four Pied Flycatchers, five Hobbies, 13 Ring Ouzels, 18 Ospreys and a total of 30 Garganey. |
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| Tuesday 2nd April 2019 | ||
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| New rarities today were a Red-rumped Swallow in Devon at Dawlish Warren and a
Savi's Warbler in Suffolk at Minsmere. Elsewhere, the Great Spotted Cuckoo
remained on the Isle of Wight as did the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, both
Blue-winged Teal and King Eider in Highland, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset,
Lesser Scaup in Somerset, two Richardson's Cackling Geese were on the Western Isles
with three White-billed Divers together in Moray at Cullen. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Lapland Bunting (Orkney Isles), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim), two Great Grey Shrikes, five Glossy Ibises and a total of six Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming summer migrants included Grasshopper Warbler (East Sussex), Whitethroat (Oxfordshire), Cuckoo (Powys), Hobby (Greater Manchester), two each of Pied Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat and Reed Warbler, three of Swift, Arctic Skua and Common Tern, five of Redstart and Sedge Warbler, 12 each of Osprey and Yellow Wagtail, 15 Ring Ouzels and a total of 31 Garganey. |
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| Monday 1st April 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight,
Two-barred Crossbill in Staffordshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk,
King Eider in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire,
Spotted Sandpipers in both County Waterford and County Wexford, and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset. Scarcities included Wryneck (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), White-tailed Eagle (West Yorkshire), two Yellow-browed Warblers, three each of Great Grey Shrike and American Wigeon, five Glossy Ibises, seven Ring-necked Ducks and nine Shorelarks. Incoming summer migrants included two Cuckoo, three Sedge Warblers, five each of Common Tern and Yellow Wagtail, seven Redstarts, 10 Ring Ouzels, 18 Osprey and a total of 47 Garganey. |
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| Sunday 31st March 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, Two-barred Crossbill
in Staffordshire, a Red-rumped Swallow briefly in Cornwall, Pied-billed Grebe still in Argyll, Black Duck in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher
in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Dorset and Somerset, King Eiders in Ceredigion and Highland, and
White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire (2), Highland and the Orkney Isles (6). Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), Yellow-browed Warbler (Gloucestershire), Lapland Bunting (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim), Lesser Snow Goose (County Wexford), White-tailed Eagle (Norfolk), two each of both Night Heron and American Wigeon, three Rough-legged Buzzards, four Great Grey Shrikes, eight of Ring-necked Duck and Glossy Ibis, and a total of 21 Shorelarks. Incoming summer migrants included Cuckoo (Essex), Reed Warbler (Dorset), Whitethroat (London), three each of both Common Tern and Yellow Wagtail, 13 Redstarts, 24 Ring Ouzels, 37 Ospreys, and a total of 49 Garganey. |
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| Saturday 30th March 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight, Blue-winged Teal and Black Duck in Highland, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Two-barred Crossbill (or hybrid) in Staffordshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford and Bonaparte's Gull in County Donegal.
Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, three Great Grey Shrikes, 16 Shorelarks, a Night Heron, three White Storks, a Rough-legged Buzzard, two Tundra Bean Geese, two Snow Geese, a Surf Scoter, two Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, four Glossy Ibises, two Kumlien's Gulls, seven Glaucous Gulls and 11 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Friday 29th March 2019 | ||
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Continuing rarities reported today comprised the Black Duck in Highland, Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Black Scoter in Co.Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and both Lesser Yellowlegs, in Dorset and Cornwall. Among the best of the rest were three White Storks, three Glossy Ibises, two Serins (Lincolnshire and Kent), two Hoopoes (Co.Cork and Dorset), six Shorelarks, two Rough-legged Buzzards, Pallas's Warbler and Temminck's Stint (both Cornwall), three Great Grey Shrikes, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, a Tundra Bean Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Kumlien's Gull, three Iceland Gulls and four Glaucous Gulls. The first Garden Warbler and Reed Warbler of the year arrived in Dorset, while the pick of other spring arrivals included two Sedge Warblers, two Whitethroats, 34 Garganey, 12 Ospreys, a Hobby, three Common Terns, a Yellow Wagtail and three Ring Ouzels. |
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| Thursday 28th March 2019 | ||
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A strong contingent of ongoing rarities included the Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight, Pacific Diver in Co.Cork, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Blue-winged Teal in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset. The supporting cast was made up of Hoopoe in Dorset, Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Serin (Cornwall), five Great Grey Shrikes, Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), nine Shorelarks, three Glossy Ibises, three White Storks, a Black Brant, a Surf Scoter, two American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Ring-billed Gulls, a Kumlien's Gull, six Iceland Gulls, five Glaucous Gulls and White-tailed Eagle (Norfolk). As for spring migrants, arrivals included a Tree Pipit, three Yellow Wagtails, seven Ring Ouzels, a Swift, a Sedge Warbler, five Ospreys and an influx of Garganey which brought the day's national total to 82 birds. |
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