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 11th May 2026  
  New rarities today consisted of two Red-footed Falcons on The Lizard in Cornwall, a Bonaparte's Gull at Belvide Reservoir in Staffordshire, a Black Kite at Cadgwith in Cornwall, and a Little Bittern at St.Mary's in Scilly.

Rarities included a White-winged Scoter in Fife, Red-footed Falcons in North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Iberian Chiffchaffs in Suffolk and County Durham, a Red-rumped Swallow in Hampshire, and a Black Scoter in Fife.
-  Ben Clark, RBA