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| Thursday 12th December 2019 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Eastern Stonechat
still in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles, and
Long-billed Dowitchers in both Cumbria and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Ring-necked Duck (Essex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (North Yorkshire), and two each of Green-winged Teal, Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis. |
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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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| Wednesday 11th December 2019 | ||
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| New rarities today comprised a Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire at Whipsnade Zoo,
Penduline Tit in London at Crossness and on the Isles of Scilly a Dusky Warbler
on St Mary's. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were a Forster's Tern in County Galway,
Eastern Stonechat in Suffolk and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-necked Duck (West Yorkshire), American Wigeon (County Galway), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, and seven Shorelarks (together in Norfolk). |
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| Tuesday 10th December 2019 | ||
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| Notables today were Long-billed Dowitchers still in both Devon and Northumberland,
Purple Heron and Ring-necked Duck still n Lancashire, Green-winged Teal in Ayrshire,
Lapland Bunting in Norfolk, and Rough-legged Buzzards in Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk. A total of 119 Waxwings was recorded with the majority in Elgin, Moray. |
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| Monday 9th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Eastern Stonechat still in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon and
Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshrire), Glossy Ibis and Sabine's Gull (Kent), three Ring-necked Ducks and four Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Sunday 8th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised Bonaparte's Gulls new in both County Donegal at Killybegs
and County Durham at Whitburn, the Eastern Stonechat still in Suffolk,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron and Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Conwy), Glossy Ibis (Kent), Snow Goose (Western Isles), and three each of Ring-billed Gull, Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler. |
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| Saturday 7th December 2019 | ||
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Still present today were the Hermit Thrush in Scilly, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat sp in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Northumberland. The pick of others reports included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Glossy Ibis (Kent), six Shorelarks, three Rough-legged Buzzards, six Great Grey Shrikes, American Wigeon (Northumberland), two Green-winged Teal, five Ring-necked Ducks, three Surf Scoters and four Black Brant. |
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| Friday 6th December 2019 | ||
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| Highlight of the day was the lingering Hermit Thrush on
Isles of Scilly, whilst Lesser Scaup (Cornwall),
Long-billed Dowitcher (Northumberland), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Shetland) and Eastern Stonechat (Suffolk) all
remained on show. The best of the rest included Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Black Brant (Essex), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-billed Gull (Co Kerry), three Great Grey Shrikes and Taiga Bean Geese, four Green-winged Teals, six Yellow-browed Warblers and Ring-necked Ducks and seven Tundra Bean Geese.< |
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| Thursday 5th December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Hermit Thrush still on the Isles of Scilly,
Snowy Owl on the Orkney Isles, Eastern Stonechat in Suffolk, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, and in Devon both
the Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher remained. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Golden Plover (County Clare), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), two Rough-legged Buzzards and three Glossy Ibises. |
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| Wednesday 4th December 2019 | ||
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The clear highlight of the day was an Ivory Gull which flew past the Farne Islands in Northumberland. Still present were the Steller's Eider in Orkney, Hermit Thrush in Scilly, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Eastern Stonechat sp in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Northumberland. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), Ring-billed Gull (Pembrokeshire), five Great Grey Shrikes, Shorelark (Norfolk), five Yellow-browed Warblers, three Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises (both Kent), 10 Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teal, Surf Scoter (Conwy), four Taiga Bean Geese and two Tundra Bean Geese. |
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| Tuesday 3rd December 2019 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Steller's Eider still on the Orkney Isles, Hermit Thrush on the Isles of Scilly,
Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat
in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Northumberland and County Wicklow. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Surf Scoter (Conwy), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Snow Goose (Western Isles), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), three each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Glossy Ibis, four Yellow-browed Warblers and a total of nine Ring-necked Ducks. Significant late news concerned a Wilson's Phalarope seen yesterday near Ballyllongford, County Kerry. |
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