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| Tuesday 14th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Black Duck at Skinflats, Forth, a Great Reed Warbler at Abbotsbury, Dorset, an Alpine Swift on Bardsey, Gwynedd, a Pallid Harrier at Shoeburyness, Essex and a Bonaparte's Gull at Norwick, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the Elegant Tern in County Mayo, Savi's Warbler in Leicestershire, Pallid Harrier in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs, Black-winged Stilt and Red-breasted Goose in Lincolnshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset. |
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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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| Monday 13th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Pallid Harrier at Levenwick, Shetland, a Black Kite at Minsmere, Suffolk and a Long-billed Dowitcher at Harper's Island, County Cork.
Lingering rarities included the Elegant Tern in County Mayo, Savi's Warbler in Leicestershire and Lesser Yellowlegs, Black-winged Stilt and Red-breasted Goose in Lincolnshire. |
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| Sunday 12th May 2024 | ||
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| Two Whiskered Terns spent the morning at Stodmarsh in Kent and this evening there was a report of an albatross sp flying past Brora in Highland. Late news yesterday came from Devon, where an Alpine Swift was seen at Christow.
In Ireland the Elegant Tern remained in County Mayo at Belmullet, with a Lesser Yellowlegs still in County Louth. Other lingering rarities included the Savi's Warbler in Leicestershire and Red-footed Falcon again in Kent, whilst Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire held on to the Lesser Yellowlegs, Red-breasted Goose and Black-winged Stilt. |
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| Saturday 11th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Elegant Tern at Belmullet in County Mayo, Red-footed Falcon at Worth in Kent, Bonaparte's Gull at Ferrybridge in Dorset, Black Kite at Holywell in Flintshire, Alpine Swift at Ballycastle in County Antrim, and Tawny Pipit at Pendeen in Cornwall.
Lingering rarities included Savi's Warbler in Leicestershire, Red-breasted Goose and Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Black Duck in County Mayo, and White-billed Diver in Highland. |
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| Friday 10th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Black-winged Stilt at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, White-billed Diver at Lossiemouth, Moray, Black Kites at St.Mary's, Orkney and Praa Sands, Cornwall and a Lesser Grey Shrike at Lilley, Hertfordshire.
Lingering rarities included Savi's Warbler in Leicestershire and Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in County Donegal, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, White-billed Diver in Highland. |
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| Thursday 9th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Thrush Nightingale at Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire, an Iberian Chiffchaff at Kilnsea, Yorkshire and a Black Kite over Fair Isle, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included Savi's Warblers in County Louth, Leicestershire and Yorkshire, Gull-billed Tern in County Wexford, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs and Red-breasted Goose in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwckshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset. |
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| Wednesday 8th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a White-billed Diver off Esha Ness in Shetland, Great Reed Warbler at Carr Vale in Derbyshire, Thrush Nightingale at Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire, and a Rustic Bunting on Foula, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the Savi's Warblers in Leicestershire, East Yorkshire, and County Louth, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire, Red-breasted Goose in Lincolnshire, Forster's Tern in Dorset Gull-billed Tern in County Wexford, Pacific Diver in County Cork, and Red-footed Falcon in Norfolk. |
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| Tuesday 7th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Eastern Subalpine Warbler at Porth Hellick, Scilly, an unidentified Subalpine Warbler species at Blakeney, Norfolk, Red-throated Pipits at Hartlepool, Cleveland and on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, a Red-rumped Swallow at South Foreland, Kent, a Gull-billed Tern at Cahore, County Wexford and a White-billed Diver off Sandwick, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the Savi's Warblers in Leicestershire and County Louth, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire, Red-breasted Geese in Norfolk and Lincolnshire, Pacific Diver in County Cork and White-billed Diver in Moray. |
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| Monday 6th May 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Eastern Subalpine Warbler at Quendale, Shetland, a Pallid Harrier at Cleeve Common, Gloucestershire, a Black Kite at Doffocker, Greater Manchester, a Gull-billed Tern at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, a Whiskered Tern at Dungeness, Kent, a Ferruginous Duck at Whelford, Gloucestershire and an Alpine Swift over Edmonston, London. A Thrush Nightingale was on Whalsay, Shetland for its third day.
Lingering rarities included the Savi's Warblers in Yorkshire and County Louth, two Gull-billed Terns in Western Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and County Louth, Black-winged Stilts in Essex, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Lesser Scaup in County Donegal and four White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire. |
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| Sunday 5th May 2024 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the appearance of an Alpine Accentor at Pitstone Hill, Buckinghamshire. Found mid afternoon the bird then showed to all comers until late in the evening.
Rarities discovered elsewhere today comprised a Lesser Scaup in Worcestershire at Ripple, two White-billed Divers around the Shetland Isles, and brief encounters with a Subalpine Warbler species in Cumbria at Silecroft, an Iberian Chiffchaff in Lancashire at Roddlesworth Wood, and an Alpine Swift in Devon at Axminster. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the two Gull-billed Terns together on the Western Isles, territorial Savi's Warblers in both County Louth and East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Perth and Kinross, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Spanish Wagtail on the Isle of Man, Lesser Yellowlegs in each of Essex, Lincolnshire, County Louth, and East Yorkshire, and single Black-winged Stilts in Essex, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. |
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