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| Friday 28th February 2025 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Booted Eagle in Cornwall, Pallid Harriers in Pembrokeshire and Norfolk, Black-throated Thrush in Hampshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Bufflehead, Ross's Goose and White-billed Diver in Shetland, White-winged Scoters in Lothian (two) and Fife, Ferruginous Ducks in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, Lesser Scaups in Dorset and County Wexford (two) and Long-billed Dowitcher 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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| Thursday 27th February 2025 | ||
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| Extraordinary news of a White Tern picked up in Gwynedd at Llanberis - either today or in recent days - and taken into care. This is first Western Palearctic record of this tropical noddy and the photograph made available shows it to be of the Indo-Pacific subspecies candida.
In County Wicklow a Lesser Yellowlegs was new at Buckroney Marsh. Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Black-throated Thrush in Hampshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Bufflehead, Ross's Goose, and White-billed Diver in Shetland, two White-winged Scoters in Lothian, Pacific Diver in County Cork, Red-breasted Goose and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Hertfordshire, and Lesser Scaups in County Cork, Essex (2), County Wexford (2), and the Western Isles. |
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| Wednesday 26th February 2025 | ||
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| New rarities today were discoveries of both a White-billed Diver in Shetland at Whalsay, and an additional Lesser Scaup was found at Abberton Resr in Essex.
Continuing rarities comprised the Booted Eagle briefly in Cornwall, Bufflehead and American Coot still in Shetland, White-winged Scoter in Fife, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harriers in Norfolk and Pembrokeshire, Ross's Goose in Shetland, Lesser Scaup in County Wexford, Western Isles, Essex(2), Devon, and Derbyshire, Black Duck in County Mayo, and in Dumfries and Galloway a Richardson's Cackling Goose remained. |
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| Tuesday 25th February 2025 | ||
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| Discoveries today included in Ireland a King Eider new in County Mayo on The Mullet, and a Lesser Scaup at Portmore Lough, County Antrim.
Continuing rarities comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Hampshire, Bufflehead still in Shetland, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harriers in Norfolk and Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in County Kerry, Lesser Scaup in Derbyshire, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, and in County Mayo three Richardson's Cackling Geese and an Azorean Yellow-legged Gull. |
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| Monday 24th February 2025 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Hampshire, American Coot, Bufflehead, and Ross's Goose all still in Shetland, Eastern Yellow Wagtail still in Lincolnshire, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Pallid Harriers in Norfolk and Pembrokeshire, and Lesser Scaups in Derbyshire, Dorset, and County Londonderry. | ||
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| Sunday 23rd February 2025 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black-throated Thrush in Hampshire at Bordon.
Rarities today comprised the Double-crested Cormorant still in County Leitrim, Bufflehead both still in Shetland, Canvasback in Essex, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Lesser Scaups in County Wexford(2), Derbyshire, and Dorset. |
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| Saturday 22nd February 2025 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Booted Eagle still in Cornwall, Double-crested Cormorant still in County Leitrim, American Coot and Bufflehead both still in Shetland, Canvasback in Essex, Pacific Divers in County Cork and Cornwall, Least Sandpiper and Kentish Plover in Somerset, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Penduline Tit in Cheshire, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Richardson's Cackling Geese in Argyll and Dumfries and Galloway, White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Lesser Scaups in Clyde, Derbyshire, Dorset, County Londonderry, and County Wexford (2). | ||
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| Friday 21st February 2025 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Bufflehead in Shetland, Canvasback in Essex, Least Sandpiper and Kentish Plover in Somerset, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Scaups in Derbyshire and Devon, and Ferruginous Ducks in Cambridgeshire and London. | ||
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| Thursday 20th February 2025 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Canvasback still in Essex, American Coot and Ross's Goose both still in Shetland, a White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Least Sandpiper and Kentish Plover in Somerset, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Pallid Harriers in Norfolk and Pembrokeshire, Lesser Scaups in Derbyshire and Essex, and Ferruginous Ducks in Cambridgeshire and London. | ||
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| Wednesday 19th February 2025 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Lincolnshire at Winteringham.
Rarities elsewhere comprised Booted Eagle and Pacific Diver both still in Cornwall, American Coot still in Shetland, Least Sandpiper and Kentish Plover in Somerset, Red-breasted Goose and Richardson's Cackling Goose together in Argyll, Pallid Harriers in Norfolk and Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, and Lesser Scaups in Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, and Essex. |
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