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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Tuesday 30th June 2026  
  New rarities today consisted of a Kentish Plover at Lade in Kent, a White-rumped Sandpiper at Cairnbulg in Aberdeenshire, an Alpine Swift at Isle of Noss in Shetland, and a Red-footed Falcon at Potter Heigham/Hickling in Norfolk.

Rarities included a Trumpeter Finch in Shetland, a Western Reef Heron in Pembrokeshire, a Bonaparte's Gull in Aberdeenshire, a Lesser Scaup in Fife, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, another Bonaparte's Gull in Shetland, and a Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA