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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Wednesday 8th July 2026  
  The new rarities today were a male Red-Footed Falcon at Paull in East Yorkshire, a Caspian Tern at Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire and a Semipalmated Sandpiper on Fair Isle, Shetland.

Continuing rarities today included White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Western Reef Heron in Pembrokeshire, Squacco Heron in Norfolk, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, Laughing Gull in Highland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, American Black Tern in Northumberland and Long-tailed Shrike in Fife.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA