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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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Tuesday 5th April 2022  
  Rarities today comprised both the Black-browed Albatross and Baikal Teal still in East Yorkshire, Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, Black Duck on the Shetland Isles, Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in West Sussex, King Eider in Highland, and Lesser Scaup in Essex.

Scarcities included Serin (Suffolk), Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Hoopoe (County Kerry), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Cork), American Wigeon (Moray), Snow Goose (Argyll), Spotted Crake (Devon), Shorelark (Norfolk), two Kumlien's Gulls, four Green-winged Teals, 10 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 24 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA