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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 14th June 2022  
  Rarities today comprised the Least Tern still in County Dublin, American Black Tern in Northumberland, territorial Great Reed Warblers in both Norfolk and Nottinghamshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, King Eider in Lothian, and Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, whilst brief encounters included Bee-eaters in both Norfolk (2) and Suffolk (3).

Scarcities included Red-backed Shrike (Buckinghamshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Kent), Common Rosefinch and Green-winged Teal (Shetland Isles), two Purple Herons, three American Wigeons, four Rose-coloured Starlings, and a total of 10 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA