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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Friday 18th January 2019  
  Lingering rarities comprised Hume's Warbler (East Sussex), Dusky Warbler and Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Lesser Scaup (Staffordshire), Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall and Dorset) and Spotted Sandpiper (Co Wexford). A Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Green-winged Teal (Co Wexford), Black Brant (Essex), three Rose-coloured Starlings, American Wigeons and Great Grey Shrikes, up to four Rough-legged Buzzards, four Yellow-browed Warblers, Ring-necked Ducks and Surf Scoters, 11 Glossy Ibises and 41 Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Thursday 17th January 2019  
 

Continuing rarities comprised the Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, two Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Lothian, Lesser Scaups in Staffordshire and Somerset, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, White-billed Diver in Western Isles.

Scarcities included four Great Grey Shrikes, a Lapland Bunting, 20 Shorelarks, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Serin, 12 Yellow-browed Warblers, four Rough-legged Buzzards, two Ring-billed Gulls, 10 Iceland Gulls, 11 Glaucous Gulls, 21 Glossy Ibises, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, eight Taiga Bean Geese, nine Tundra Bean Geese, two American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, two Green-winged Teal and six Ring-necked Ducks.
-  David Campbell, RBA
Wednesday 16th January 2019  
 

Long-stayers included Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Lothian and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset. Lesser Scaups continued their stays in Staffordshire and Somerset.

Scarcities included two Rose-coloured Starlings, eight Shorelarks, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Yellow-browed Warblers, 21 Glossy Ibises, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, eight Iceland Gulls, seven Glaucous Gulls, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks, five Taiga Bean Geese, three Tundra Bean Geese and two Bean Goose sp.
-  David Campbell, RBA
Tuesday 15th January 2019  
  Rarities today comprised a Pacifc Diver still in Cornwall, Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, Dusky Warbler and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in both Somerset and Staffordshire.

Scarcities included Serin (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (Conwy), Great Grey Shrike (Staffordshire), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), two Surf Scoters, five each of Rough-legged Buzzard, American Wigeon and Ring-billed Gull, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, nine Ring-necked Ducks, 12 Shorelarks, and a total of 22 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 14th January 2019  
  Rarities today comprised the Desert Wheatear still on the Isles of Scilly, Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, Dusky Warbler in Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Lothian and Norfolk, Pacific Diver on County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Lesser Scaup in both Somerset and Staffordshire. In Highland a White-billed Diver was a new discovery at Little Loch Broom.

Scarcities included Hoopoe (County Armagh), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Great Grey Shrike (Staffordshire), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), two each of Serin, Rose-coloured Starling and American Wigeons, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Rough-legged Buzzards, eight Ring-necked Ducks, 10 Glossy Ibises, 14 Yellow-browed Warblers, and a total of 37 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Sunday 13th January 2019  
 

A near-adult American Herring Gull was identified on the Beara Peninsula, Co.Cork.

Pacific Divers were still in Co.Cork and Cornwall. The Lesser Scaup reappeared in Staffordshire and other lingering rarities included Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, Dusky Warblers in Lincolnshire and Dorset, Spotted Sandpiper in Co.Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Borders, Lothian and Shetland.

Scarcities included four Rough-legged Buzzards, a Temminck's Stint, eight Shorelarks, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, two Great Grey Shrikes, a Rose-coloured Starling, three Lapland Buntings, three Little Auks, a Ring-billed Gull, 13 Glaucous Gulls, 11 Iceland Gulls, eight Glossy Ibises, a Lesser Snow Goose, two Black Brants, 27 Taiga Bean Geese, 13 Tundra Bean Geese, three American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal and 16 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  David Campbell, RBA
Saturday 12th January 2019  
  News of a Hume's Warbler at Newhaven, Sussex was released today, having been present since 27th December last year.

Other lingering rarities seen today included single Dusky Warblers in Dorset and Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Lothian, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Great Grey Shrikes, five Lapland Buntings, 11 Yellow-browed Warblers, 37 Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, a White Stork, 12 Glossy Ibises, seven Rough-legged Buzzards, a Lesser Snow Goose, three Black Brants, 14 Tundra Bean Geese, 24 Taiga Bean Geese, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, three American Wigeon, seven Ring-necked Ducks, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, 15 Iceland Gulls and 20 Glaucous Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Friday 11th January 2019  
  Rarity highlights included Pied-billed Grebe and White-billed Diver (Shetland), King Eider (Ceredigion), Pacific Diver (Co Cork), Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall and Dorset), Dusky Warbler (Lincolnshire), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Lothian), Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Isles of Scilly) and Lesser Scaup (Somerset).

The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Great Grey Shrike (Glamorgan), Lapland Bunting (Lincolnshire), Lesser Snow Goose (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Todd's Canada Goose (Cumbria), two Rose-coloured Starlings and Green-winged Teals, three American Wigeons, four Rough-legged Buzzards, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, eight Ring-necked Ducks and Glossy Ibises, 10 Tundra Bean Geese, 21 Taiga Bean Geese and at least 31 Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Thursday 10th January 2019  
  Rarities today were Pacific Divers in both Cornwall and County Cork, Dusky Warblers in Dorset, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, White-billed Diver on the Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.

Scarcities included Rough-legged Buzzard (Suffolk), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Lapland Bunting (Lincolnshire), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Ring-billed Gull and Lesser Snow Goose, five of American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, 11 Glossy Ibis and 31 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Wednesday 9th January 2019  
  A Bonaparte's Gull was found at Furbo, County Clare, and a White-billed Diver was off Housabister, Shetland.

Lingering rarities included single Pacific Divers in Cornwall and County Cork, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, single Dusky Warblers in Warwickshire and Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Richard's Pipit, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, 35 Shorelarks, a White-tailed Eagle, three Rough-legged Buzzards, 11 Glossy Ibises, a White Stork, a Temminck's Stint, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, six American Wigeon, a Black Brant, two Lesser Snow Geese, two Todd's Canada Geese, 13 Tundra Bean Geese, 24 Taiga Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, eight Glaucous Gulls and 13 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA