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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.

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Monday 21st May 2018  
  New discoveries included Long-billed Dowitcher (Western Isles), Red-footed Falcon (Wiltshire), Red-throated Pipit (Isles of Scilly) and Bee-eaters (Dorset and Gloucestershire), whilst Iberian Chiffchaffs (Cornwall [2], North Yorkshire and Wirral), Lesser Scaup (Berkshire), Savi's Warbler (Norfolk), King Eider (Aberdeenshire) and Red-rumped Swallow (Essex) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Marsh Warbler (Kent), Serin (Cornwall), Ring-billed Gull (Western Isles), two each of Red-backed Shrike, Short-toed Lark, Temminck's Stint, American Wigeon and Red-necked Phalarope, four Honey Buzzards and five White-winged Black Terns.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA