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| Saturday 9th December 2023 | ||
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| Two Barolo Shearwaters flew past Bridges of Ross in County Waterford. Other long staying rarities seen today included the Canvasback in Essex, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Lesser Scaup in County Waterford (1) and Devon (5), Eastern Yellow Wagtail on Scilly, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, and the Hume's Warbler remained in Devon. | ||
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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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| Friday 8th December 2023 | ||
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| A Lesser Scaup was found at Knockaderry Reservoir in County Waterford, whilst another lingered in Somerset. Other long staying rarities seen today included the Eastern White-crowned Sparrow in Cornwall, Canvasback in Essex, Ferruginous Ducks in Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, and the Hume's Warbler remained in Devon. | ||
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| Thursday 7th December 2023 | ||
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Rarities today comprised the Eastern White-crowned Sparrow still in Cornwall at Rosudgeon, Pallid Harrier still in Norfolk, Kentish Plover still in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs still in Lincolnshire, and Lesser Scaups in both Devon (five together at Lower Tamar Lake) and Somerset. |
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| Wednesday 6th December 2023 | ||
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Discoveries today comprised of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail on Scilly on St.Mary's at Longstone, and a Hume's Warbler in Devon at Clennon Valley Lakes. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Eastern White-crowned Sparrow in Cornwall, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Ferruginous Duck in Nottinghamshire, Lesser Scaups in both Devon (5) and Somerset, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, and Kentish Plover still in Somerset. |
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| Tuesday 5th December 2023 | ||
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Discoveries today included two Coues's Arctic Redpolls together in Northumberland at Fontburn Reservoir, two White-billed Divers on the Shetland Isles on Yell, and a probable Eastern Yellow Wagtail on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Eastern White-crowned Sparrow in Cornwall, Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Ferruginous Duck in Nottinghamshire, and Lesser Scaups in both Devon (5) and Somerset. |
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| Monday 4th December 2023 | ||
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Rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Cape May Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, White-crowned Sparrow in Cornwall, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Ferruginous Duck in Nottinghamshire, and two Lesser Scaups together in Devon. |
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| Sunday 3rd December 2023 | ||
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The White-crowned Sparrow was again present at Rosudgeon in west Cornwall but the Isabelline Wheatear was not seen in Dorset. Other lingering rarities included Red-breasted Geese in Lancashire and Essex, a Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo, Canvasback in Essex, Lesser Scaups in Devon (four), Clyde and the Western Isles, Ferruginous Duck in Nottinghamshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Galway and Dusky Warbler in Cornwall. |
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| Saturday 2nd December 2023 | ||
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A White-crowned Sparrow was found today in a garden at Rosudgeon in west Cornwall. However, access tomorrow may not be straightforward. Also in the south west, an Isabelline Wheatear was found near Kimmeridge in Dorset. A Bonaparte's Gull was found at Ballyconneely in County Galway and a Red-breasted Goose was at Banks Marsh in Lancashire. Lingering rarities reported today comprised the Canvasback in Essex, Red-breasted Goose in Northumberland, seven Lesser Scaup - five together still on the Devon/Cornwall border plus singles in Clyde and the Western Isles, Ferrugnous Duck in Nottinghamshire, Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall and Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk |
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| Friday 1st December 2023 | ||
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The highlights were the discovery of a Dusky Warbler in Cornwall at Drift Reservoir, and a Couses's Arctic Redpoll in Shetland on Unst at Baltasound. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Canvasback in Essex, at least one Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Cape May Warber on Scilly, five White-billed Divers on Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in County Kerry, Lesser Scaup in Western Isles, and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk |
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| Thursday 30th November 2023 | ||
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The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan at Penclawdd and Llanrhidian Marsh, whilst a White-billed Diver was on the Shetland Isles at Walls, Mainland, and five Lesser Scaups together in Devon at Lower Tamar Lake were confirmed as present for a second day. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Canvasback in Essex, Red-breasted Geese in both Essex and Northumberland, Long-billed Dowitcher in East Sussex, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, and at least one Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk. |
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