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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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Saturday 25th April 2026  
  New rarities today consisted of a Black Kite at Redditch, Worcestershire, Western Subalpine Warbler at Toe Head, County Cork, and Tawny Pipit at Beddington Farmlands, London.

Rarities included a Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Antrim, White-winged Scoter in Fife, Black Scoter in Fife, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Iberian Chiffchaffs in County Durham and Suffolk, King Eider in Shetland, Hooded Merganser in Warwickshire, Ferruginous Ducks in Cambridgeshire and Warwickshire, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Blue-winged Teals in County Clare, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk, and Double-crested Cormorant in County Sligo.
-  Ben Clark, RBA