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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Thursday 19th July 2018  
  The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Sooty Tern in Northumberland where - after being missing for eleven days - it was again seen on the Farne Islands briefly at Inner Farne before being relocated on the mainland at Long Nanny in the evening but once again it soon flew off.

New rarities today comprised a Black Stork in Devon at Avon Dam, a Bonaparte's Gull in Gwynedd at Porthmadog and on the Orkney Isles now two Two-barred Crossbills on Westray. Rarities elsewhere comprised Lesser Yellowlegs (Norfolk), Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts (together in Kent) and two Wilson's Petrels (at sea off the Isles of Scilly).

Scarcities included American Golden Plover (Argyll), Rose-coloured Starling (Shetland Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Temminck's Stint (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Great Shearwater (Isles of Scilly), two Glossy Ibises, three Pectoral Sandpipers and six Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Wednesday 18th July 2018  
  Lingering rarities comprised Lesser Yellowlegs (Norfolk) and Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts (Kent). The best of the rest included American Golden Plover (Argyll), two Rose-coloured Starlings (Western Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Temminck's Stint and Pectoral Sandpiper (Kent), Purple Heron (Dorset), Serin (Cornwall) and Glossy Ibis (Devon).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Tuesday 17th July 2018  
  The highlight of the dway was a Black Stork in Leicestershire at Anstey briefly; perhaps the same individual as seen flying over Thorngumbald, East Yorkshire on Sunday.

Rarities elsewhere comrpised the Lesser Yellowlegs and Black-winged Stilt both still in Norfolk, and in Kent Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together at Oare Marshes.

Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Nottinghamshire), Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Kent), two each of both Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret, and three each of Rose-coloured Starling and Pectoral Sandpiper.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 16th July 2018  
  Rarities today comprised the Lesser Yellowlegs again in Norfolk at Titchwell, Wilson's Petrel at sea off the Isles of Scilly and in Kent Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together at Oare Marshes.

Scarcities included Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Warwickshire), Glossy Ibis (Leicestershire) and Cattle Egrets (Merseyside, Norfolk and Somerset).
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Sunday 15th July 2018  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Greater Sand Plover in East Yorkshire at Easington where it showed on and off throughout the day. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Snowy Owl still on the Western Isles, Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together in Kent, Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, and two Savi's Warblers together in Suffolk.

Scarcities included two Rose-coloured Starlings (Cornwall and Suffolk), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland) and Cattle Egret (Norfolk).
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 14th July 2018  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Greater Sand Plover in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea.

Continuing rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Audouin's Gull in South Yorkshire, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Friday 13th July 2018  
  An Audouin's Gull was discovered in Sheffield, South Yorkshire this evening. This remarkable inland record is the second for Yorkshire, following the 25-minute bird at Kilnsea in 2005, and is just the eighth record for Britain.

In Norfolk, an adult Lesser Yellowlegs was found at Titchwell RSPB. Lingering rarities present today included the Little Bittern in Shropshire, Snowy Owl in the Western Isles, Pacific Golden Plover in County Wicklow and the Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts in Kent.

Scarcity highlights included a Red-backed Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Glaucous Gulls, three Roseate Terns and 11 Cattle Egrets.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 12th July 2018  
  Lingering rarities comprised Little Bittern (Shropshire), Pacific Golden Plover (Co Wicklow), Bonaparte's Gull (Kent), Black-winged Stilts (four in Kent, one in Norfolk) and Wilson's Petrel (Isles of Scilly).

The best of the rest included Red-backed Shrike (Surrey) and two Rose-coloured Starlings (Argyll and Cheshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Wednesday 11th July 2018  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pacific Golden Plover in County Wicklow at Poulaphouca Reservoir. Interestingly, this distinctive adult male appears to be the same individual as that present in Cornwall at Gwithian and the Hayle Estuary between 29th June and 1st July; a relocation north northwest of 211 miles.

Rarities elsewhere comprised a Snowy Owl still on the Western Isles, territorial Little Bittern in Shropshire, Bonaparte's Gull still in Kent, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Black-winged Stilts in both Kent (4) and Norfolk.

Scarcities included Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire), Cory's Shearwater (at sea off Dorset), two Cattle Egrets and four Rose-coloured Starlings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Tuesday 10th July 2018  
  Rarities today comprised the territorial Little Bittern still in Shropshire and the Bonaparte's Gull and family of four Black-winged Stilts still together in Kent.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Aberdeenshire, County Sligo and the Western Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Temminck's Stint (Norfolk) and Cattle Egret (Merseyside, Norfolk and Somerset).
-  Chris Batty, RBA