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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Tuesday 1st March 2011  
  Lingering rarities included the Rufous Turtle Dove in Oxfordshire, Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Gloucestershire, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Northern Harrier on Western Isles, Northern Long-tailed Tits in Kent, Bonaparte's Gull on Anglesey, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk and American Coot in Co Mayo. In Cleveland a Coues's Arctic Redpoll was discovered at Bowesfield Marsh, where a Green-winged Teal along remained on show.

Elsewhere a Rose-coloured Starling was still in Cornwall, the American Wigeon reappeared in Oxfordshire, the White-tailed Eagle continued to perform in Hampshire and two Great White Egrets were logged (in Staffordshire and Norfolk).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA