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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.

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Friday 31st January 2025  
  A White-winged Scoter was found off Gullane Point, Lothian this afternoon, and a Lesser Scaup was at Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset.

Lingering rarities included the Booted Eagle and Pacific Diver in Cornwall, American Coot, Ross's Goose and Bufflehead in Shetland, Canvasback in Essex, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Dorset, Ferruginous Duck in London, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Donegal, Least Sandpiper in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, White-billed Divers in Orkney and Shetland, Pallid Harriers in Pembrokeshire and Norfolk, American Pipit in Northumberland and Penduline Tit in Cheshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA