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| Friday 6th March 2020 | ||
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| Rarity highlights comprised Black-throated Thrush
(Lincolnshire), White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Black
Scoter (Angus), Richardson's Cackling Geese (Argyll
and Highland), West Siberian Stonechat (Cheshire),
Bonaparte's Gull (Co Wexford), Long-billed Dowitcher
(Devon and Co Wicklow), Blue-winged Teal (Devon),
Penduline Tit (Dorset), Lesser Scaup (Dumfries &
Galloway), Lesser Yellowlegs (North Yorkshire) and
Ferruginous Duck (West Midlands). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Snow Goose (Western Isles), two Richard's Pipits, Yellow-browed Warblers, Black Brants and Glossy Ibises, three Pomarine Skuas, at least three Surf Scoters, four Green-winged Teals, five Shorelarks, eight Great Grey Shrikes and ten Ring-necked Ducks. |
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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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| Thursday 5th March 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated
Thrushes in both Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire,
American Herring Gulls in both County Cork and County Sligo, Lesser Yellowlegs North Yorkshire,
Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow, Ferruginous Duck in the West Midlands, and a
White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles where recently a Snowy Owl has been present on Eday. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Ring-billed Gull and Kumlien's Gull (Cornwall), two each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Surf Scoter, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck and Glossy Ibis, three Green-winged Teals, five Shorelarks, and a total of six Great Grey Shrikes. Spring migrants included the second Wheatear of the spring (Gloucestershire), the second Sand Martin (Isles of Scilly), and a Garganey; the latter one of nine logged so far this year of which at least six had over-wintered. Other apparent migrant arrivals since the middle of February include Swallow (2), Willow Warbler (2), House Martin (3) and White Wagtail (4). |
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| Wednesday 4th March 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll,
Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, and
Ferruginous Ducks in both Hampshire and West Midlands. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), two each of Surf Scoter, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal and Lapland Bunting, three Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of seven Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| Tuesday 3rd March 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Tengmalm's Owl
on the Shetland Isles, both Steller's Eider and White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles,
Pacific Diver in County Cork, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire,
West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, two Penduline Tits in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon,
Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, and Ferruginous Duck in the West Midlands. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Moray), Ring-billed Gull (County Wicklow), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Black Brant (Suffolk), Snow Goose (Western Isles), Yellow-browed Warbler (Wiltshire) and Glossy Ibis (Gwent), three each of both Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal, five Shorelarks, seven Lapland Buntings, and a total of nine Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| Monday 2nd March 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation that the Tengmalm's Owl is still on the Shetland Isles where it was relocated on Mainland at Lea Gardens, Tresta. Last month this bird was trapped and ringed and determined
to be a first-winter so it is not the individual that was present in the same garden last winter. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Penduline Tit in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in West Midlands, and both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Black-bellied Dipper (Northamptonshire), two each of American Wigeon, Surf Scoter and Kumlien's Gull, three of Ring-necked Duck and Lapland Bunting, four of Ring-billed Gull and Shorelark, five Green-winged Teals, and a total of nine Great Grey Shrikes. |
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| Sunday 1st March 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, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Ducks in West Midlands and Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Pacific Diver in County Cork.
Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Black-bellied Dipper, two Yellow-browed Warblers, four Lapland Buntings, five Shorelarks, ten Great Grey Shrikes, a Surf Scoter, two American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teals, seven Ring-necked Ducks, a Glossy Ibis, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, seven Tundra Bean Geese, two Pomarine Skuas, a Kumlien's Gull, five Ring-billed Gulls, 23 Glaucous Gulls and 27 Iceland Gulls. |
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| Saturday 29th February 2020 | ||
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The day's continuing rarities were the Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Dumfries and Galloway. Other news included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Black-bellied Dipper (Northamptonshire), six Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks (Norfolk), Black Brant (Suffolk), Snow Goose (Cumbria), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Green-winged Teal (Gwynedd), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), seven Ring-necked Ducks, Surf Scoter in Lothian, four Ring-billed Gulls, two Kumlien's Gulls and two Little Auks. |
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| Friday 28th February 2020 | ||
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| Lingering rarities comprised Black-throated Thrush
(Lincolnshire), American Herring Gulls (Co Cork and Co Sligo),
West Siberian Stonechat (Cheshire), Bonaparte's Gull
(Co Wexford), Long-billed Dowitcher (Devon), Penduline
Tit (Dorset), Lesser Yellowlegs (North Yorkshire) and
Ferruginous Duck (West Midlands). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Glossy Ibis (Co Kildare), Pomarine Skua (Cornwall), two American Wigeons, Surf Scoters and Tundra Bean Geese, four Great Grey Shrikes and Ring-necked Ducks and six Shorelarks. |
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| New rarities discovered today were an American Herring Gull in County Sligo at Sligo, a
White-billed Diver in Cornwall on the sea at Cape Cornwall, and a Ferruginous Duck at Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Pacific Diver and American Herring Gull in County Cork, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lancashire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Rough-legged Buzzard (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), two each of American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal and Kumlien's Gull, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Great Grey Shrikes, six each of both Shorelark and Lapland Bunting, and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Wednesday 26th February 2020 | ||
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| A female Two-barred Crossbill was at Lough Gay Bog, County Limerick, a county first.
Lingering rarities included the Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in County Antrim, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lancashire. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Shorelark, a Yellow-browed Warbler, three Great Grey Shrikes, a Grey Phalarope, two Glossy Ibises, a Rough-legged Buzzard, two Green-winged Teal, two American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, five Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, six Tundra Bean Geese, a Pomarine Skua, a Ring-billed Gull, nine Glaucous Gulls and 11 Iceland Gulls. |
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