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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Saturday 9th March 2013  
  Rarities still present today included the Harlequin Duck on the Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, two Black Ducks in County Cork, Bonaparte's Gulls in Glamorgan (2) and County Dublin, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose and Glossy Ibis in Hampshire and another Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, three Little Auks and a flock of nine Great White Egrets in Somerset.
-  Will Soar, RBA