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.

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Friday 19th July 2019  
  New discoveries today included a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk, a Long-billed Dowitcher at Frampton Marshes RSPB, Lincolnshire, a Caspian Tern at Pendeen, Cornwall and a Two-barred Crossbill at St John's Pool, Highland.

Lingering rarities included the Pacific Golden Plover in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Antrim, Lesser Yellowlegs and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, three Two-barred Crossbills in Shetland and Ferruginous Duck in Sussex.

Scarcity highlights included a Serin, two Rose-coloured Starlings, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Surf Scoter, a Sabine's Gull, four Cory's Shearwaters and a Honey Buzzard.
-  Will Soar, RBA