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 5th April 2013  
  Lingering rarities included Harlequin Duck and White-billed Diver in Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Pembrokeshire, Penduline Tit in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Lesser Scaups in Gwent, Cleveland, Lincolnshire and Cornwall, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire and American Coot in Co Galway.

The best of the scarcities were the Rose-coloured Starling in Devon and White-spotted Bluethroats in Dorset, Isles of Scilly and Isle of Wight.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA