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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Wednesday 1st July 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the Greater Sand Plover still in Lothian, Laughing Gull in Staffordshire, Pacific Golden Plover in County Clare, Gull-billed Tern in County Cork, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cumbria, Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and Black-winged Stilt in Kent.

Scarcities included Serin (Dorset), Marsh Warbler and Red-backed Shrike (Shetland Isles), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), three Long-tailed Skuas, and a total of 10 Rose-coloured Starlings. 

Signifcant late news for yesterday concerned the reappearance of the juvenile Lammergeier in Derbyshire where it was seen in flight over Hassop, Edale and probably the Goyt Valley during the afternoon and evening.
-  Chris Batty, RBA