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 23rd January 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire, both American Buff-bellied Pipit and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Merseyside, and two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles.

Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lapland Bunting (Kent), two Glossy Ibises, three each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Green-winged Teal, four Great Grey Shrikes, seven Ring-billed Gulls and a total of 12 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Wednesday 22nd January 2020  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, King Eider in Shetland and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles.

Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, two Lapland Buntings, three Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Surf Scoter, two Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Black Brants, 17 Tundra Bean Geese, a Little Auk, two Ring-billed Gulls, nine Iceland Gulls and 13 Glaucous Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Tuesday 21st January 2020  
  Rarities confirmed as still present today were the White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Merseyside, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire and Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford.

Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lapland Bunting (Kent), Glossy Ibis and Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), two each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Richard's Pipit and Green-winged Teal, three Ring-billed Gulls, five Shorelarks, six Great Grey Shrikes and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 20th January 2020  
  The highlight of the day was news that the Eastern Stonechat present at Ashton's Flash, Cheshire since 23rd December has been identified as a Siberian Stonechat through DNA analysis, whilst the absence of white at the base of the tail indicates that it is of the nominate form maurus; West Siberian Stonechat.

Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire.

Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), two each of Richard's Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler, Glossy Ibis and Lapland Bunting, three of Rough-legged Buzzard and Green-winged Teal, five Great Grey Shrike, six Shorelarks and seven Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Sunday 19th January 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Pacific Diver Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, Snowy Owl in County Cork, Black Scoters in both Angus and Northumberland, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon, Merseyside and County Wicklow, and Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire, Norfolk and West Yorkshire; the latter new-in at Anglers' Country Park.

Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Richard's Pipit, American Wigeon, Yellow-browed Warbler and Glossy Ibis, four of Rough-legged Buzzard and Lapland Bunting, five of Great Grey Shrike and Shorelark, and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 18th January 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, Black Scoters in both Angus and Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Merseyside and County Wicklow. 

Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), two each of both Richard's Pipit and Glossy Ibis, three of Ring-billed Gull, Rough-legged Buzzard, Shorelark and Yellow-browed Warbler, six Green-winged Teals, seven Great Grey Shrikes, eight Lapland Buntings and 13 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Friday 17th January 2020  
  Rarity highlights comprised an American Herring Gull in Co Kerry, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Co Wexford, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Long-billed Dowitcher in Merseyside, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire and Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk.

The best of the rest included American Wigeon (Aberdeenshire), Todd's Canada Goose (Argyll), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Yellow-browed Warbler (London and Somerset), Rough-legged Buzzards (Norfolk and South Yorkshire) and eight Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Thursday 16th January 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon and Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford.

Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Wigeon (Gwent), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (County Clare), Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), Glossy Ibis (West Sussex), two each of Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler, three Lapland Buntings, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Wednesday 15th January 2020  
 

All of today's rarities were long-stayers: Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, four Two-barred Crossbills together in Western Isles, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk (Blue-headed) and Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Merseyside, 

Other news included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), eight Great Grey Shrikes, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Rough-legged Buzzards, Black Brant (East Yorkshire), two American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal and seven Ring-necked Ducks.
-  David Campbell, RBA
Tuesday 14th January 2020  
  Rarities today comprised a Snowy Owl new in County Cork near Adrigole, the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Merseyside.

Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Hoopoe (Clyde), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Snow Goose (Western Isles), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, four Lapland Buntings, and a total of five Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA