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 21st December 2015  
  Today's rarities included Gyr on Western Isles, Dusky Warbler in Somerset, Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Co Kerry and Spotted Sandpiper in Co Cork.

The best of the rest included Hoopoe (West Midlands/ Staffordshire), American Golden Plover (Cambridgeshire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), two American Wigeons, two Cattle Egrets, two Surf Scoters, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Yellow-browed Warblers and ten Waxwings.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA