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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 12th April 2022  
 

New rarities included a Kentish Plover in Norfolk at Cley NWT, County Cork had a Black Kite and Western Subalpine Warbler and there was two Alpine Swifts in Gwent and East Sussex

Lingering rarities still present today included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, , Dusky Warblers still in London and Norfolk, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford and Suffolk Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk, Snowy Owl on St Kilda, Black-winged Stilt in Camarthens and King Eider in Lothian

Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, 7 Hoopoe, Spotted Crake, Green-winged Teal, 9 Ring-necked Ducks, 25 Glossy Ibises, 4 Glaucous Gulls and 9 Iceland Gulls.
-  Toby Carter, RBA