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This page gives you access to all of RBA's daily news summaries (since April 13, 2006), 10 days at a time. The most recent are shown, or you can select a specific date to show (along with the previous 10 days). Prior to April 13, 2006 you can find weekly reviews, located in articles. | |||
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| Wednesday 11th November 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Hudsonian Godwit still in Fife, Greater Yellowlegs and two
Eastern Yellow Wagtails still all together in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs
in North Yorkshire, and Dusky Warblers in East Yorkshire (2), Norfolk (2),
the Shetland Isles, and Suffolk. Scarcities included Serin (Norfolk), Little Bunting (Surrey), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Hoopoe (Bedfordshire), Great Grey Shrike (Nottinghamshire), Rose-coloured Starling, Green-winged Teal and Black Brant (Dorset), two Pallas's Warblers, seven Lapland Buntings, and a total of 22 Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 10th November 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation of the continued presence of the Hudsonian Godwit
on the Eden Estuary, Fife. Rarities discovered today comprise a Little Swift in County Cork at Glengarriff, a Pine Bunting in County Kildare, Franklin's Gull in West Yorkshire at Anglers' County Park, Isabelline Shrike species on the Shetland Isles on Yell with a Radde's Warbler on nearby Unst, the Forster's Tern back again in County Galway, and the Black Scoter again in Northumberland. Other rarities comprised the Belted Kingfisher still in County Cork, Greater Yellowlegs still in Suffolk, Brown Shrike on the Western Isles, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Suffolk (2), Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Shetland, Kentish Plover in Somerset, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and a total of ten Dusky Warblers. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Surrey), Richard's Pipit (London), Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Hoopoe (Bedfordshire), Shorelark (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Western Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire), three Green-winged Teals, four Waxwings, five each of Pallas's Warbler, Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis, and six Lapland Buntings. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 6th November 2020 | ||
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| The first Common Nighthawk for Kent was photographed over Burham Marsh mid afternoon, but it couldn't be relocated later. A Pied-billed Grebe was new for Cumbria at Walney Island, with other new discoveries including a Brown Shrike at Port Nis, Lewis, Western Isles, single Eastern Yellow Wagtails at Kelling, Norfolk and Prestwick Carr, Northumberland, a Richardson's Cackling Goose at Cadder, Clyde and a White-billed Diver at Quendale, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the two Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Suffolk, Hume's Warbler in Orkney, Red-flanked Bluetail in Scilly, Dusky Warbler and Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll and Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and County Waterford. Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Red-backed Shrike, a Common Rosefinch, two Little Buntings, two Richard's Pipits, two Shorelarks, two Waxwings, three Great Grey Shrikes, 15 Lapland Buntings, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teals, five Surf Scoters, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Snow Geese, two Black Brants, 17 Tundra Bean Geese, three Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, four Grey Phalaropes, four Glaucous Gulls and six Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 5th November 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised two Eastern Yellow Wagtails together in Suffolk at Walberswick, a Hume's Warbler
new in Kent at Dungeness, Red-flanked Bluetail on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's,
Arctic Redpoll on the Orkney Isles on Rousay, Long-billed Dowitcher still
in North Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Norfolk and County Waterford, and Dusky Warblers
in Cornwall, East Sussex, Kent, Scilly, and the Western Isles. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler and Richard's Pipit (Kent), Rose-coloured Starling and Green-winged Teal (Dorset), Hoopoe (Northamptonshire), Red-backed Shrike (Devon), Great Grey Shrike (Gloucestershire), American Wigeon (Scilly), Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire), Honey Buzzard and two Shorelarks (Northumberland), three Waxwings, five Lapland Buntings, and a total of eight Glossy Ibises. |
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| Tuesday 3rd November 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Hermit Thrush on Mizen Head, County
Cork that brings the autumn tally of Nearctic landbirds across Britain and Ireland to 26 individuals of 14 species. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Hume's Warbler identified on Tiree, Argyll (where it was first seen four days ago), a Semipalmated Sandpiper new in County Clare at Islandavanna, Lesser Scaup still in Somerset, Dusky Warblers still in both Norfolk and West Sussex, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, County Waterford and North Yorkshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Night Heron (Herefordshire), Red-backed Shrike (Orkney Isles), Great Grey Shrike (Shetland Isles), Shorelark (Norfolk), Long-tailed Skua (Cornwall), two each of Richard's Pipit, Surf Scoter and Ring-necked Duck, three Waxwings, 13 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 15 Lapland Buntings. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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