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 November 2016  
  Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Western Rufous Turtle Dove on Mainland Shetland, whilst an Eastern Black Redstart (North Yorkshire) and two Northern Long-tailed Tits (Argyll) were also discovered. Lingering rarities included Siberian Accentor (Highland), Isabelline Wheatear (Norfolk), Pallid Harrier (East Yorkshire), Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dusky Warbler (Cornwall), Long-billed Dowitcher (Co Wexford) and Eastern Black Redstart (Cleveland).

The best of the rest included Red-breasted Flycatcher (Co Galway), Purple Heron (Cornwall) and three Richard's Pipits.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA