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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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Wednesday 13th May 2026  
  New rarities today consisted of a Bonaparte's Gull at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, a Red-rumped Swallow at Ballycotton in County Cork, a Squacco Heron at Lough Clubir in County Cork, and a Red-throated Pipit at Sumburgh Head in Shetland.

Rarities included a Red-footed Falcon in Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in Staffordshire and Dorset, a King Eider in Highland, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, an Eastern Subalpine Warbler in East Sussex, an Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham, a White-winged Scoter in Fife, and a Black Scoter in Fife.
-  Ben Clark, RBA