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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Sunday 10th May 2020  
 

A Rustic Bunting was a good find on Lundy in Devon. The Little Bittern remained on the Isle of Man. Bee-eaters flew over North Baddesley in Hampshire and Porthlevenin Cornwall. Black Kites were seen over two sites in both Hampshire and Kent, while others were in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. A Red-rumped Swallow was found at Swords in Co.Dublin. There was late news of a Great Reed Warbler in Suffolk yesterday and a Black-throated Thrush in Northumberland on Friday.

Scarcities included a Cory's Shearwater (Kent), four Golden Orioles, eight Dotterel (trip in Conwy), Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall) and Green-winged Teal (Shetland).
-  David Campbell, RBA