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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Monday 16th March 2026  
  In Britain today the Black-winged Kite remained in Norfolk, as did the Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Canvasback in Essex, Forster's Tern in Dorset, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Hume's Warblers in both Suffolk and Warwickshire, Pallid Harrier in Carmarthenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Denbighshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, and Bonaparte's Gulls in Cornwall (2) and Devon.

In Ireland the first Irish Oriental Turtle Dove remained in County Antrim, as did the Harlequin Duck in County Donegal and Lesser Scaup in County Wexford, whilst a Bonaparte's Gull was new in County Clare at Quilty.
-  Chris Batty, RBA