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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Saturday 30th May 2020  
  New discoveries today included a Squacco Heron at Bayfield Hall, Norfolk, a Little Bittern at St Levan, Cornwall, a Tawny Pipit at Nanjizal, Cornwall, a Black-winged Stilt at Pannel Valley NR, Sussex, a Bee-eater over West Buckland, Somerset and a Red-footed Falcon on Papa Westray, Orkney. A Blyth's Reed Warbler was singing on Ramsdey Island, Pembrokeshire, for its second day.

Other lingering rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, Red-rumped Swallow in Shetland and Red-footed Falcons in Kent (two) and Norfolk.

Scarcity highlights included a Golden Oriole, a Shorelark, two Icterine Warblers, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Woodchat Shrikes, four Red-backed Shrikes, four Serins, three Common Rosefinches, five Marsh Warblers, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Corncrake, a Glossy Ibis, two Purple Herons, two Pomarine Skuas, a Green-winged Teal, two Glaucous Gulls and seven Honey Buzzards.
-  Will Soar, RBA