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.

Choose a starting date
Friday 27th December 2019  
  Lingering rarities comprised Black-throated Thrush (Bedfordshire), Eastern Stonechat species (Cheshire and Suffolk), Eastern Yellow Wagtails (Norfolk and Northumberland), Blue-winged Teal (Devon), Long-billed Dowitchers (Devon and Northumberland), Olive-backed Pipit (Isles of Scilly), White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Black Scoter (Northumberland) and Ferruginous Duck (Warwickshire).

Scarcity highlights included Great Grey Shrike (Bedfordshire), Black Brant (Lincolnshire), Yellow-browed Warblers (London and North Yorkshire), Rough-legged Buzzards (Norfolk and South Yorkshire), three Ring-billed Gulls (Co Kerry, Co Limerick and Co Wicklow), six Shorelarks (Norfolk) and nine Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA