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| Friday 17th September 2021 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Isabelline Wheatear at Easington, Yorkshire, a Booted Warbler on Fetlar, Shetland, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Boulmer and a Pacific Golden Plover on Holy Island, both Northumberland, a Baird's Sandpiper at Timoleague and another on Haulbowline, both County Cork, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Tacumshin, County Wexford and another at Lochmaddy, Western Isles, a Pallid Harrier at Toe Head, County Cork, a Wilson's Petrel off Newquay, Cornwall and a Lesser Scaup on North Ronaldsay, Orkney.
Lingering rarities included the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Baird's Sandpipers in County Cork and Western Isles, Balearic Woodchat Shrike in Scilly, King Eider in Shetland and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, a Bluethroat, an Icterine Warbler, two Hoopoes, two Common Rosefinches, seven Wrynecks, seven Lapland Buntings, two Purple Herons, a Dotterel, an American Golden Plover, five Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 35 Pectoral Sandpipers, a Ring-necked Duck, a Honey Buzzard, four Glossy Ibises, a Glaucous Gull, four Long-tailed Skuas and six Pomarine Skuas. |
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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 16th September 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Paddyfield Warbler off the Isle of Man
on Calf of Man. Rarities elswwhere included White-tailed Lapwing and Black-browed Albatross both still in East Yorkshire, Squacco Heron still in Flintshire,
Black Duck in County Mayo, Balearic Woodchat Shrike on the Isles of Scilly,
Bonaparte's Gull in County Down, both Blyth's Reed Warbler and King Eider on Shetland Isles, a flyover
Black Stork in Essex, and a brief Red-rumped Swallow in Kent. Nearctic waders today comprised Baird's Sandpipers in County Cork, the Isles of Scilly, and the Western Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Mayo and Suffolk, American Golden Plover on the Orkney Isles, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and 28 Pectoral Sandpipers. Other scarcities included Short-toed Lark (West Sussex), Bluethroat (East Yorkshire), Ortolan Bunting (Dorset), Melodious Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), White-winged Black Tern (County Dublin), Great Shearwater (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Angus), Hoopoe (Glamorgan), Red-backed Shrike (Cornwall), Sabine's Gull (Western Isles), Dotterel (Carmarthenshire), Woodchat Shrike, Red-breasted Flycatcher, and two Yellow-browed Warblers (Shetland), three Lapland Buntings, four each of Long-tailed Skua and Glossy Ibis, six Rose-coloured Starlings, nine Barred Warbler and Common Rosefinches, and a total of 19 Wrynecks. |
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| Wednesday 15th September 2021 | ||
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| New rarities today included a Great Snipe on the Shetland Isles at Loch of Brow, Mainland, and a
Squacco Heron in Flintshire at Gronant. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present included White-tailed Lapwing and Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Black Duck in County Mayo, Balearic Woodchat Shrike on the Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull in County Down, and on Shetland Arctic Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, and King Eider. Nearctic waders today comprised single Baird's Sandpipers in both County Cork and County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Mayo (3) and Suffolk, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and a total of 26 Pectoral Sandpipers. Scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (Scilly), Woodchat Shrike, Melodious Warbler and Bluethroat (Shetland), Marsh Warbler (Orkney Isles), two each of Surf Scoter, Red-backed Shrike and Lapland Bunting, three of both Rose-coloured Starling and Hoopoe, four Barred Warblers, five Glossy Ibises, six Long-tailed Skuas, eight Dotterel, 10 Common Rosefinches, and 22 Wrynecks. |
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| Tuesday 14th September 2021 | ||
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| Rarities today included Green Warbler, White-tailed Lapwing, and
Black-browed Albatross all still in East Yorkshire, Black Scoter still in Angus,
Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Western Bonelli's Warbler and
Balearic Woodchat Shrike on the Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gulls in both County Down and Kent, and on the Shetland Isles two
Arctic Warblers still together on Mainland, and a Blyth's Reed Warbler new-in on Fair Isle. Nearctic waders comprised Baird's Sandpiper still in County Cork, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and a total of 23 Pectoral Sandpipers. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike, Melodious Warbler, Marsh Warbler, and Hoopoe (Shetland), Bluethroat and Sabine's Gull (East Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), Spotted Crake (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Angus), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall), Cory's Shearwater (Suffolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (Norfolk), Lapland Bunting (Western Isles), two Rose-coloured Starlings, three each of both Ortolan Bunting and Barred Warbler, four of Common Rosefinch and Red-backed Shrike, seven Dotterel, eight of Glossy Ibis and Long-tailed Skua, and 23 Wrynecks. |
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| Monday 13th September 2021 | ||
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| Rarities today included the Green Warbler, White-tailed Lapwing, and
Black-browed Albatross all still in East Yorkshire, Western Bonelli's Warbler
and Balearic Woodchat Shrike on the Isles of Scilly, two Arctic Warblers together on the Shetland Isles at Quendale,
Forster's Tern still in County Louth, Black Stork still in Lincolnshire,
Black Scoter in Angus, King Eider on Shetland, and a fly-over Black Kite in Kent. Nearctic waders today comprised a Lesser Yellowlegs new in Suffolk at Shelley, a Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry at Cashen, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and a total of 13 Pectoral Sandpipers. Other scarcities included Woodchat Shrike, Bluethroat, Hoopoe (Shetland), Lapland Bunting (East Yorkshire), two each of Little Bunting, Marsh Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling, and Surf Scoter, three of Red-backed Shrike and Sabine's Gull, four of Ortolan Bunting and Common Rosefinch, six Dotterel, 10 Long-tailed Skuas, 11 Barred Warblers, 12 Glossy Ibises, and 16 Wrynecks. |
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| Sunday 12th September 2021 | ||
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A Fea's/Desertas Petrel flew north past Flamborough Head in the late afternoon. Other new birds included Booted Warbler on Barra, Pallid Harrier on the Isle of Wight, Baird's Sandpiper in Co.Derry, and Arctic Warblers in Orkney, Shetland and Argyll. A Wilson's Petrel was seen from the Scillonian. East Yorkshire continued to offer the Green Warbler, White-tailed Lapwing and Black-browed Albatross. Other rarities still present included the Western Bonelli's Warbler and Balearic Woodchat Shrike on Scilly, Snowy Owl in Aberdeenshire, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and King Eider in Shetland. Other national news included two Dotterel, Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Western Isles), 13 Pectoral Sandpipers, three Sabine's Gulls, nine Glossy Ibises, Hoopoe (Devon), 31 Wrynecks, six Red-backed Shrikes, Woodchat Shrike, Marsh Warbler (Shetland), Melodious Warbler (Scilly), 16 Barred Warblers, three Rose-coloured Starlings, two Bluethroats, three Red-breasted Flycatchers, 22 Common Rosefinches, four Ortolan Buntings and two Lapland Buntings (Orkney). |
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| Saturday 11th September 2021 | ||
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An Arctic Warbler was found at Quendale Mill in Shetland. The Green Warbler, White-tailed Lapwing and Black-browed Albatross extended their time in East Yorkshire, while other rarities comprised the Western Bonelli's Warbler and Balearic Woodchat Shrike on Scilly, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Co.Cork and Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and Co.Down. Further highlights included Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall), Dotterel (Pembrokeshire), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Western Isles), Red-necked Phalarope (Greater Manchester), Glossy Ibis (Kent), Hoopoe (Devon), 23 Wrynecks, six Red-backed Shrikes, Woodchat Shrike (Shetland), 10 Barred Warblers, Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Shetland), 27 Common Rosefinches and Little Bunting (Shetland). |
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| Friday 10th September 2021 | ||
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| In Yorkshire, the Green Warbler remained at Buckton, the Black-browed Albatross remained at Bempton and the White-tailed Lapwing remained at Blacktoft.
New discoveries today included a Collared Flycatcher on Fair Isle and an Arctic Warbler at Boddam, both Shetland, a Gull-billed Tern at Snettisham, Norfolk, a Thrush Nightingale at Calf of Man, Isle of Man, a Citrine Wagtail at Aikerness, Orkney, a Baird's Sandpiper at Blennerville, County Kerry, a Bee-eater on St Mary's, Scilly and a Baltic Gull at Thrybergh Country Park, Yorkshire. A Western Rufous Turtle Dove was on North Ronaldsay, Orkney for a second day. Other lingering rarities included the Balearic Woodchat Shrike and Western Bonelli's Warbler in Scilly, Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Baird's Sandpiper in County Cork and Bonaparte's Gulls in County Down and Kent. |
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| Thursday 9th September 2021 | ||
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The first Green Warbler to be in any way twitchable on the British mainland was found in a mistnet at Buckton in East Yorkshire late this morning. Tracking it down in the field post-release was a challenge, but the occasional glimpse was the reward for hours of patience into the evening. Other finds included Bonelli's warbler sp at Land's End in Cornwall and on St.Martin's, Scilly, as well as Citrine Wagtail on St.Kilda and a Blyth's Reed Warbler on Brownstown Head in Co.Waterford. Also on Scilly, at least one Bee-eater flew over St.Mary's, while a Wilson's Petrel was seen in nearby waters from the evening pelagic. Still present were the White-tailed Lapwing and Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Western Bonelli's Warbler on Scilly, Forster's Tern in Co.Louth, Black Duck in Co.Mayo and Bonaparte's Gulls in Co.Down and Kent. Other highlights included 11+ Pectoral Sandpipers, four Dotterel, two Sabine's Gulls, four Glossy Ibises, Purple Heron (Hants), 18 Wrynecks, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Woodchat Shrikes, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, Melodious Warbler (Shetland), five Barred Warblers, Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), 16 Common Rosefinches and two Ortolan Buntings. |
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| Wednesday 8th September 2021 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised White-tailed Lapwing and Arctic Warbler
both still in East Yorkshire, now two Western Bonelli's Warblers on the Isles of Scilly,
Forster's Tern still in County Louth, Black Stork in Lincolnshire,
Baird's Sandpiper in County Cork, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Orkney Isles,
Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and King Eider on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike and Marsh Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Ortolan Bunting (County Cork), White-winged Black Tern (Hampshire), Purple Heron (Kent), Sabine's Gull (East Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), two each of Red-backed Shrike, Rose-coloured Starling, and Long-tailed Skua, three Melodious Warblers, five Pectoral Sandpipers, six Barred Warblers, 19 Common Rosefinches, and a total of 24 Wrynecks. A first-winter Lesser Grey Shrike at Galley Head, County Cork was seen to be bearing a colour-ring that showed it was a captive-bred that had been released in Spain. |
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