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 31st October 2025  
  New highlights from today included a Black-browed Albatross offshore at Cley NWT, Norfolk, along a Lesser Scaup was discovered at Loch a' Phuill on Tiree, Argyll.

Continuing rarities included Brown Shrike in Suffolk, Steppe Grey Shrike in Cornwall and on Shetland, Daurian Shrike in Co. Wexford, Isabelline Shrike sp. in West Sussex, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, White-rumped Sandpipers in Co. Derry, Lesser Scaup in Northants, Western Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Harlequin Duck in County Donegal, Long-billed Dowitcher in Angus, and Baikal Teal in Dorset.
-  Ben Clark, RBA