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| Saturday 12th October 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Red-flanked Bluetail at Kynance Cove in Cornwall, a Bonaparte's Gull at Loch Fleet, Highland, a Radde's Warbler at Portland, Dorset, and a Lesser Scaup at Staines Resr, Surrey.
Lingering rarities included the Little Crake in Pembrokeshire, White-winged Scoter, Paddyfield Warbler and Greenish Warbler in Shetland, Olive-backed Pipit in Scilly, Iberian Chiffchaff in County Cork, two Eastern Stonechats in Northumberland, Canvasback in Essex, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, two Northern Harriers in County Wexford and Pallid Harriers in Norfolk and Pembrokeshire. |
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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 11th October 2024 | ||
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| In Cornwall, the Booted Eagle was seen a few times in the St Just area.
New discoveries today included an Isabelline Wheatear on The Garrison and a Black Kite over St Agnes then St Mary's, Scilly, an Iberian Chiffchaff at Mizen Head and a Black Kite on Cape Clear, County Cork, an Olive-backed Pipit at Sullom, Shetland, a Red-breasted Goose at Loch Gruinart, Argyll, a Pallid Harrier over Osborne Bay, Isle of Wight then Southampton Water, Hampshire and a Ferruginous Duck at Stanford Reservoir on the Leicestershire /Northamptonshire border. A White-winged Scoter was identified at Wadbister, Shetland. Lingering rarities included the Little Crake in Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Orkney, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Paddyfield Warbler and Greenish Warbler in Shetland, two Olive-backed Pipits in Scilly, two Eastern Stonechats in Northumberland, Canvasback in Essex, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Northern Harrier in County Wexford and Pallid Harriers in Norfolk, Yorkshire and Pembrokeshire. |
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| Thursday 10th October 2024 | ||
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| A pale morph Booted Eagle discovered today in Cornwall at Nanquidno is made all the more remarkable by being at effectively the same location as a dark morph Booted Eagle was photographed on 20th May 2024 and reported again on 2nd September, as well an earlier pale morph present in the same area on 25th October-28th November 1999.
Discoveries elsewhere inluded a Little Crake in Pembrokeshire at Bosherston, on the Isles of Scilly a South Polar Skua at sea north of the islands and two Olive-backed Pipits together on St Agnes, two Olive-backed Pipits together on the Shetland Isles on Unst, and in County Dublin a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Howth Head. Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Wilson's Snipe on Scilly, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Isabelline Shrike species in East Yorkshire, Booted Warbler on the Orkney Isles, Greenish Warbler on Shetland, two Eastern Stonechat species in Northumberland, Pallid Harrier in Pembrokeshire, Canvasback in Essex, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, and Ferruginous Ducks in Leicestershire (2) and Warwickshire. |
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| Wednesday 9th October 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Greenish Warbler on Unst, Shetland, a Black Stork at Kithurst Hill in Sussex, and late news of a Wilson's Snipe on St.Mary's, Scilly.
Lingering rarities included the Lanceolated Warbler and Arctic Warbler in Shetland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Dusky Warbler and an Isabelline Shrike species in Yorkshire, Arctic Warbler in County Cork, another Arctic Warbler in County Galway, Eastern Stonechat in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk. |
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| Tuesday 8th October 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Penduline Tit at Meare Heath, Somerset, a Radde's Warbler at Spurn, Yorkshire, a Subalpine Warbler species on Dursey Island and a Long-billed Dowitcher at Ballycotton, both County Cork, a Baird's Sandpiper at Bannow Bay, County Wexford and a Pallid Harrier at Nine Wells, Pembrokeshire.
Lingering rarities included the Paddyfield Warbler, Arctic Warbler and Olive-backed Pipit in Shetland, Arctic Warbler, Dusky Warbler and an Isabelline Shrike species in Yorkshire, Arctic Warbler and a Subalpine Warbler species in County Cork, another Arctic Warbler in County Galway, Eastern Stonechats in Norfolk and Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk. |
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| Monday 7th October 2024 | ||
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| In Shetland, a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler was found at Garth, South Nesting, with an Arctic Warbler at Bridge of Fitch, a Pechora Pipit and an Olive-backed Pipit on Fair Isle, and a further two Olive-backed Pipits at Uyeasound, Unst. A Red-flanked Bluetail was on North Ronaldsay, Orkney. Further south, a White-winged or Stejneger's Scoter flew past Holy Island, Northumberland and, in Yorkshire, a Radde's Warbler was trapped at Flamborough and a Dusky Warbler was at Spurn. In Lothian, the Stejneger's Scoter reappeared at Longniddry.
Lingering rarities included the Asian Desert Warbler in Norfolk, two Lanceolated Warblers, Paddyfield Warbler, two Olive-backed Pipits and a Coues's Redpoll in Shetland, an Isabelline Shrike species and an Olive-backed Pipit in Yorkshire, Eastern Stonechats in Norfolk and Northumberland (two), Arctic Warbler and a Subalpine Warbler species in County Cork, Booted Warbler and Long-billed Dowitcher in Orkney, further Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Leicestershire, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Lesser Yellowlegs in Gloucestershire, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk. |
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| Sunday 6th October 2024 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was an Asian Desert Warbler in Norfolk at Winterton where it showed well all day after having first been seen there yesterday. On the Isles of Scilly a Tawny Pipit was new on St Mary's, and a Subalpine Warbler species was found at Mizen Head, County Cork.
Other eastern rarities today were the Paddyfield Warbler and two Lanceolated Warblers still on the Shetland Isles, Isabelline Shrike species in East Yorkshire, Arctic Warblers in both County Cork and Couty Galway, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Suffolk, Olive-backed Pipits on Shetland (2) and East Yorkshire, and Eastern Stonechat species in Norfolk and Northumberland (2). From the Nearctic came a Long-billed Dowitcher in Leicestershire at Eyebrook Reservoir, the Pacific Diver again in County Cork, Baird's Sandpiper in County Wexford, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Lesser Yellowlegs in Essex, and Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire. |
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| Saturday 5th October 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Paddyfield Warbler at Norwick on Unst, Shetland, Alpine Swift at Otterton in Devon, Rustic Bunting at Trimley Marshes in Suffolk, Semipalmated Sandpiper at Inch Island in County Donegal, Eastern Stonechat on Holy Island in Northumberland, Arctic Warbler at Mizen Head in County Cork, Desert Wheatear at Inverallochy in Aberdeenshire, and Lesser Scaup at Loch Leven, Kinross.
Lingering rarities included two Lanceolated Warblers in Shetland, Isabelline Shrike species, Arctic Warbler, and Dusky Warbler in East Yorkshire, Eastern Stonechats in Cleveland and Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Gloucestershire, Baird's Sandpiper and Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk. |
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| Friday 4th October 2024 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Lanceolated Warbler at Norwick, Unst, Shetland (where it joined yesterday's Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler), a Booted Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, a Radde's Warbler at Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire, a Red-flanked Bluetail at Flamborough, Yorkshire, an Olive-backed Pipit at Corton, Suffolk and an Eastern Stonechat species at Cromer, Norfolk.
Lingering rarities included the Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler in Orkney, Lanceolated Warbler in Shetland, Isabelline Shrike species, Arctic Warbler, Dusky Warbler and Olive-backed Pipit in Yorkshire, Eastern Stonechats in Cleveland and Northumberland, Canvasback in Essex, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Gloucestershire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk. |
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| Thursday 3rd October 2024 | ||
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| Eastern passerines continued to arrive with now an Eastern Crowned Warbler on the Shetland Isles on Mainland at Turriefield, Two-barred Greenish Warbler still in North Yorkshire, Pallas's Grasshopper Warblers on Shetland on Unst and on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay, also Lanceolated Warblers on both Orkney and Shetland, an Isabelline Shrike species new in East Yorkshire at Bempton Cliffs, Radde's Warbler and Greenish Warbler in Norfolk, Arctic Warbler in East Yorkshire, Olive-backed Pipits in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Lincolnshire, Rustic Bunting and Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire at Flamborough Head, Coues's Redpoll on Shetland, and Eastern Stonechat species in Cleveland, Norfolk, Northumberland, and Shetland.
Otherwise the Western Bonelli's Warbler remained on the Isles of Scilly, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher were together in Devon at Dawlish Warren, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Red-footed Falcon in Pembrokeshire on Skokholm, Lesser Yellowlegs in Gloucestershire, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire, and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. |
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