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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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Sunday 4th August 2019  
  New discoveries comprised White-rumped Sandpipers (Dumfries & Galloway and Lothian), three Two-barred Crossbills (Shetland) and Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Cork), whilst Squacco Heron (West Sussex), Blue-winged Teal (Clyde), White-rumped Sandpipers (Lincolnshire [2] and East Yorkshire), King Eider (Highland), Forster's Tern (Co Louth), Ferruginous Duck (East Sussex) and Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Night Heron (Gloucestershire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Norfolk), a family of Marsh Warblers (East Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Gwent) and Melodious Warbler (Cornwall).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA