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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Monday 7th September 2015  
  On Isles of Scilly a Paddyfield Warbler was discovered on St Agnes. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Bee-eaters (Cumbria), Ferruginous Duck (Somerset), Citrine Wagtails (Shetland and Orkney), Pallid Harrier (Shetland) and Forster's Tern (Co Dublin), whilst there was an unconfirmed report of a Red-billed Tropicbird in Mount's Bay (Cornwall).

The best of the rest included White-winged Black Tern (Norfolk), American Wigeon (Dumfries & Galloway), Dotterel (Gwynedd), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Ortolan Bunting (Cornwall), Hoopoe (Dorset), two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Pectoral Sandpipers, three Cattle Egrets, five Red-backed Shrikes, six Barred Warblers and eight Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Sunday 6th September 2015  
  Rarities today comprised both Citrine Wagtail and Greenish Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles, the Forster's Tern back in County Dublin at Rush, a Pallid Harrier still on the Shetland Isles, lingering Black Storks in both East Sussex and East Yorkshire, and Lesser Scaup and Ferruginous Duck together in Somerset.

Scarcities included nine Barred Warblers, eight Long-tailed Skuas, six Red-backed Shrikes, five Wrynecks, four Pectoral Sandpipers, two each of Rose-coloured Starling (togther on the Isles of Scilly), White-winged Black Tern and Sabine's Gull, American Golden Plover (County Londonderry), Bluethroat (Orkney Isles), Surf Scoter (Western Isles), American Wigeon (County Wexford), Cattle Egret (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (Lancashire) and Cory's Shearwater (East Yorkshire).
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 5th September 2015  
  New discoveries today included a Tawny Pipit on Hayling Island, Hampshire, a Blue-winged Teal on Lough Beg, County Derry and a Black Kite over Cardiff, Glamorgan. A probable Subalpine warbler species was present for a second day at Eoropie, Lewis, Western Isles.

Other lingering rarities included the Black Storks in East Yorkshire and East Sussex and three Bee-eaters still in Cumbria,

East coast seawatching provided the bulk of the news today, with totals of two Great Shearwaters, three Cory's Shearwaters, 21 Balearic Shearwaters, c36 Long-tailed Skuas, 30 Pomarine Skuas, three Sabine's Gulls, six Storm Petrels and a high count of 126 Sooty Shearwaters (past Flamborough Head).
-  Will Soar, RBA
Friday 4th September 2015  
  Lingering rarities still present today included the Black Storks at Bexhill, East Sussex and Sunk Island, East Yorkshire, the Citrine Wagtail on Fair Isle, Shetland, the Greenish Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and the Lesser Scaup and Ferruginous Duck both at Chew Valley Lake in Somerset. One Bee-eater fledged at Lower Gelt, Cumbria where the two adults remained in attendance, with at least one more chick still in the nest.

Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, an Icterine Warbler, a White-winged Black Tern, two Hoopoes, three Honey Buzzards, six Red-backed Shrikes, seven Barred Warblers and 11 Wrynecks.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 3rd September 2015  
  Today's rarities comprised Black Storks in East Sussex and East Yorkshire, Greenish Warbler on Orkney, Ferruginous Duck and Lesser Scaup in Somerset and breeding Bee-eaters in Cumbria.

The best of the rest included Common Rosefinch (Orkney), White-winged Black Tern (Kent), Surf Scoter (Angus), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lancashire), American Wigeon (Northumberland), two Hoopoes, three Barred Warblers, four Cattle Egrets, five Red-backed Shrikes and at least eight Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Wednesday 2nd September 2015  
  New rarities today comprised a Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cornwall at Nanjizal, and a Red-footed Falcon in Somerset at Steart.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were single Black Storks in both East Sussex and East Yorkshire, Citrine Wagtail on the Shetland Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, and three Bee-eaters together in Cumbria.

Scarcities included 15 Wrynecks, nine Cattle Egrets, eight Long-tailed Skuas, seven Barred Warblers, six Red-backed Shrikes, three each of both White-winged Black Tern and Pectoral Sandpiper, two Hoopoes, American Wigeon (Northumberland), Icterine Warbler and Common Rosefinch (both on the Shetland Isles).
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Tuesday 1st September 2015  
  New discoveries included a Subalpine Warbler species at Flamborough Head (East Yorkshire) and Citrine Wagtail on Fair Isle (Shetland). Elsewhere, rarity sightings comprised Black Storks in East Sussex and Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset , Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire and Bee-eaters in Cumbria.

The best of the rest included Kentish Plover (Dorset), Common Rosefinch (Shetland), Night Heron (West Yorkshire), Temminck's Stint (Nottinghamshire), two Hoopoes, two White-winged Black Terns, two Pectoral Sandpipers, three Cattle Egrets, four Icterine Warblers, seven Barred Warblers, ten Red-backed Shrikes and 20 Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Monday 31st August 2015  
  Today's highlights included Barolo Shearwaters off Pendeen Watch (Cornwall) and Strumble Head (Pembrokeshire), Bonelli's warbler species at Billinge Hill (Merseyside) and flyby dowitcher species at Fraisthorpe and Pacific Golden Plover at Spurn (East Yorkshire), whilst Pallid Harrier (Shetland) and Bee-eaters (Cumbria) lingered.

The best of the rest included Spotted Crakes (two in Devon), Glossy Ibis (Western Isles), Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Dotterel (Conwy), two Pectoral Sandpipers, four White-winged Black Terns, three Barred Warblers, four Icterine Warblers, four Cattle Egrets, ten Red-backed Shrikes and 14 Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Sunday 30th August 2015  
  New discoveries today included two juvenile Pallid Harriers together at Hillwell, Shetland, single Citrine Wagtails on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and at Black Hole Marsh, Devon and a Red-rumped Swallow at Dungeness RSPB, Kent.

Lingering rarities included the Black Storks in East Sussex and East Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset (now at Chew Valley Lake) and two Bee-eaters in Cumbria.

Scarcity highlights were singles of Woodchat Shrike, Marsh Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Rose-coloured Starling, Dotterel, Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Red-necked Phalarope, two each of Bluethroat, Barred Warbler and Hoopoe, three White-winged Black Terns, at least six Honey Buzzards, seven Red-backed Shrikes and 21 Wrynecks. A flock of 23 Cattle Egrets in the Avon Valley in Dorset and Hampshire is almost certainly a British record.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Saturday 29th August 2015  
  New discoveries today included a Citrine Wagtail at Tacumshin, County Wexford and Bee-eaters at Harman's Cross (two) and Hengistbury Head, both Dorset and Collieston and Loch of Strathbeg RSPB, both Aberdeenshire. The Paddyfield Warbler found at Collieston, Aberdeenshire yesterday was still present.

Other lingering rarities included the Black Storks in East Yorkshire and East Sussex, Red-footed Falcons in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, two Bee-eaters in Cumbria, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and two Wilson's Petrels again from a pelagic off County Cork.

Scarcity highlights were singles of Woodchat Shrike, Melodious Warbler, Barred Warbler, Dotterel and White-winged Black Tern, two each of Bluethroat, Hoopoe, Icterine Warbler and Pectoral Sandpiper, eight Red-backed Shrikes, 10 Honey Buzzards and 17 Wrynecks.
-  Will Soar, RBA