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Rarities today comprised the Eastern Yellow Wagtails still in Norfolk and Northumberland, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pacific Diver in Co.Cork, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Black Duck in Highland, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in Essex and Lesser Scaup in both Cornwall and Dumfries and Galloway. A White-billed Diver was in Western Isles. Other news included Hoopoe (Hampshire), Great Grey Shrike (Gloucestershire), two Rough-legged Buzzards, Shorelark (Suffolk), two Snow Geese, American Wigeon (Co.Derry), three Green-winged Teal, five Ring-necked Ducks, two Surf Scoters 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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| Wednesday 19th February 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Dunfries and Galloway and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles.
Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Surf Scoter, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teals, four Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, six Glaucous Gulls and 12 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Tuesday 18th February 2020 | ||
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| A Penduline Tit was at Titchfield Haven NNR, Hampshire, and a Ferruginous Duck was found at Old Moor RSPB, Yorkshire.
Lingering rarities included the Tengmalm's Owl in Shetland, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway, Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Yellow-browed Warbler, three Great Grey Shrikes, six Shorelarks, two Little Auks, a Leach's Petrel, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, a Todd's Canada Goose, three Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, 12 Glaucous Gulls and 14 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Monday 17th February 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk,
West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Black Duck in Highland, both
Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs
in North Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in Galloway, and Ferruginous Ducks in both Essex and West Yorkshire. Scarcities included Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Great Grey Shrike (Bedfordshire), Black Brant (Suffolk), two each of Hoopoe, Green-winged Teal and Kumlien's Gull, three Yellow-browed Warblers, five Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of seven Shorelarks. |
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| Sunday 16th February 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, a
Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, American Herring Gull
in County Cork, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire, and Lesser Scaups in both County Antrim and Galloway. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Lothian), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Little Auk (Northumberland), two each of Hoopoe, Green-winged Teal and Kumlien's Gull, three Ring-billed Gulls, six Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of eight Lapland Buntings (together on the Orkney Isles). |
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| Saturday 15th February 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation that the Tengmalm's Owl is still
present on the Shetland Isles at Kergord. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Black-throated Thrush
still in Lincolnshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk,
Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, and Ferruginous Ducks in both Essex and Yorkshire. In County Antrim a
Lesser Scaup was confirmed at Portmore Lough where it had first been suspected on 9th January. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Shorelark (Suffolk), Green-winged Teal (County Kerry), two each of Hoopoe, Ring-billed Gull, Ring-necked Duck, and Great Grey Shrike, and three Kumlien's Gulls. |
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| Friday 14th February 2020 | ||
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| Discovery of the day was a 1st-winter American Herring Gull
at Axmouth (Devon). Elsewhere a Black Kite reportedly flew over Trunch (Norfolk), whilst West Siberian Stonechat (Cheshire), Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher (Devon), Penduline Tit (Dorset), Lesser Scaup (Dumfries & Galloway), Ferruginous Ducks (Essex, Hampshire, South Yorkshire and Warwickshire), Black-throated Thrush (Lincolnshire), Lesser Yellowlegs (North Yorkshire) and Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Norfolk) all lingered. The best of the rest included Hoopoe (Hampshire), Yellow-browed Warblers (London and Wiltshire), Todd's Canada Goose (Merseyside), Grey Phalarope (East Yorkshire), Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), three Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks and seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Thursday 13th February 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bonaparte's Gull in Devon at Northam Burrows whilst in South Yorkshire a
Ferruginous Duck arrived at Frickley. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Suffolk, Pacific Diver in County Cork, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Galloway, and two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles. Scarcities included Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Lapland Bunting (Devon), Lesser Snow Goose (Perth and Kinross), Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim), Grey Phalarope (East Yorkshire), two each of Hoopoe, Yellow-browed Warbler and Kumlien's Gull, five Great Grey Shrikes, and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Wednesday 12th February 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Tengmalm's Owl in Shetland, Steller's Eider and White-billed Diver in Orkney, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Penduline Tit in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Essex and Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway.
Scarcity highlights included two Hoopoes, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Lapland Buntings, an American Golden Plover, a Grey Phalarope, a Pomarine Skua, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Green-winged Teal, two Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, nine Tundra Bean Geese, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls and 16 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Tuesday 11th February 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Tengmalm's Owl on the Shetland Isles at Kergord, Mainland. It was actually first seen there on 14th December 2019 but with
this news only breaking today the first search this evening revealed the bird to still be present. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, and in Devon both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Hoopoe (Hampshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Ring-necked Duck (Bedfordshire), Grey Phalarope (East Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), Black Brant (Dorset), Green-winged Teal and Shorelark (Suffolk), two each of Ring-billed Gull and Yellow-browed Warbler, and three Great Grey Shrikes. |
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