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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Sunday 24th December 2017  
  Rarities today comprised the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Lesser Scaup in Somerset.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), two each of both American Wigeon and Snow Goose, six Glossy Ibises, and in England a total of 31 Parrot Crossbills between Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 23rd December 2017  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery in North Yorkshire of the second Desert Wheatear of the autumn at Whitby where it had first been seen - but not identified - six days ago.

Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Penduline Tit still in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Long-billed Dowitcher in Suffolk.

Scarcities included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Ring-necked Duck (County Wexford), two each of Surf Scoter (together in Conwy), American Wigeon, Ring-billed Gull and Glossy Ibis, and in England a total of 37 Parrot Crossbills between Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Friday 22nd December 2017  
  Rarities today comprised the Forster's Tern still in County Galway, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset.

Scarcities included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Ring-necked Duck (Essex), American Wigeon (Highland), Ring-billed Gull (County Dublin), Glossy Ibis (Argyll), two each of both Richard's Pipit and Surf Scoter, and in England a total of 36 Parrot Crossbills between Berkshire, Derbyshire and Hertfordshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Thursday 21st December 2017  
  Lingering rarities comprised Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk) and Lesser Scaups (Cornwall and Somerset). A Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Glossy Ibis (Argyll), two Lesser Snow Geese (Aberdeenshire) and Parrot Crossbills in Derbyshire (10+) and Hertfordshire (3) made up the best of the rest.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Wednesday 20th December 2017  
  Penduline Tits in Bedfordshire and Gloucestershire, a Snowy Owl on Orkney and the Lesser Scaup in Cornwall all featured in today's rarity news.

Scarcity highlights comprised Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Todd's Canada Goose (Highland), Barred Warbler (Hampshire), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire) and Parrot Crossbills in Derbyshire (12+), Hertfordshire (3) and Suffolk.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Tuesday 19th December 2017  
  Rarities today comprised the Snowy Owl again briefly in Cornwall, the Gyr again briefly in County Durham, Penduline Tit still in Gloucestershire, Stilt Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs both still in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in both Suffolk and West Yorkshire.

Scarcities included Barred Warbler (Hampshire), Richard's Pipit (Suffolk), American Golden Plover (Suffolk), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), two each of both Ring-necked Duck (Essex and Wiltshire) and Surf Scoter (Carmarthenshire and County Meath) and seven Parrot Crossbills still in England (four in Derbyshire and three in Hertfordshire).
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 18th December 2017  
  Today's headline birds came in the form of a Gyr in Co Durham and the reappearance of the Snowy Owl in Cornwall. Lingering rarities included Black Scoter (Co Kerry), Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire), Lesser Scaup (Somerset) and Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk).

The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Richard's Pipit (Lothian), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), two Waxwings (Fife), two Glossy Ibises, two Ring-necked Ducks, three American Wigeons and Parrot Crossbills in Berkshire (18), Derbyshire (12), Suffolk (6) and Hertfordshire (3).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Sunday 17th December 2017  
  Rarities today comprised the Penduline Tit still in Gloucestershire, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, Coues's Arctic Redpolls in both Suffolk and West Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose in Northumberland and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall.

Scarcities included Barred Warbler and Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire and Lothian), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Glossy Ibis (Isle of Wight), two each of both Ring-necked Duck and Surf Scoter, and in England 22 Parrot Crossbills (16 in Berkshire and six in Suffolk).
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 16th December 2017  
  New discoveries today included a Penduline Tit in Longford, Gloucestershire and a Red-breasted Goose at Cresswell, Northumberland.

Lingering rarities included the Stilt Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall.

Scarcity highlights comprised a Barred Warbler, a Richard's Pipit, a Waxwing, a Great Grey Shrike, two Shorelarks, five Lapland Buntings, 26 Parrot Crossbills, a Temminck's Stint, two Surf Scoters, three Ring-necked Ducks, four American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teals, a Todd's Canada Goose, three Little Auks, three Glossy Ibises, a Ring-billed Gull, four Glaucous Gulls and 14 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Friday 15th December 2017  
  New discoveries comprised a Lesser Scaup in Somerset and four Arctic Redpolls on Mainland Orkney, whilst the Pied Wheatear (Co Cork), King Eider (Shetland) and Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Barred Warbler (Hampshire) and Parrot Crossbills on the Surrey/Berkshire border (16) and in Suffolk.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA