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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Friday 11th March 2022  
  Rarities still present today included the Egyptian Vulture in County Roscommon, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Ross's Gull in County Galway, Ross's Goose in Aberdeenshire, single Baikal Teals in Somerset and Yorkshire, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Dusky Warbler in London, Hume's Warbler in Sussex, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk and White-billed Diver in Northumberland. Late news from Wednesday concerned the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, which reappeared at the original site near Brockholes.

Scarcity highlights included a Serin, two Great Grey Shrikes, four Waxwings, 13 Shorelarks, 15 Lapland Buntings, an American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, six Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, two Lesser Snow Geese, five Tundra Bean Geese, 22 Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, eight Glaucous Gulls and 17 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA