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| Friday 17th July 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a White-rumped Sandpiper at Beacon Ponds north of Kilnsea in East Yorkshire and a Gull-billed Tern at Dungeness RSPB in Kent.
Rarities included a Hudsonian Godwit on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Caspian Tern in North Yorkshire, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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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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| Thursday 16th July 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a Caspian Tern at Nosterfield Quarry in North Yorkshire, and late news of a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Snettisham RSPB in Norfolk, as well as a reported Marmora's Warbler at Heddons Mouth in Devon.
Rarities included a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a King Eider in Shetland, White-winged Scoters in Lothian, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, and a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk. |
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| Wednesday 15th July 2026 | ||
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| The new rarities today were Caspian Terns at both Abberton Reservoir in Essex and Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset.
Continuing rarities today included Hudsonian Godwit in Suffolk/Essex, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater in Orkney and Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland. |
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| Tuesday 14th July 2026 | ||
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| Todays find of the day was a 1st summer Brown Booby at Bempton Cliffs in East Yorkshire.
The new rarity today was a Caspian Tern at Stodmarsh RSPB in Kent. Continuing rarities today included King Eider in Shetland, Lesser Scaup in Fife, Hudsonian Godwit in Suffolk/Essex, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Least Tern in County Louth, Caspian Tern in Cheshire, Black-winged Kite in Norfolk and Blue-cheeked Bee-eater in Orkney. |
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| Monday 13th July 2026 | ||
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| The find of the day today was a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater on Papa Westray in Orkney.
New rarities consisted of a Caspian Tern at Marbury Country Park in Cheshire. Rarities included a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, a King Eider in Shetland, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a Pacific Golden Plover in County Wexford, and an Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham. |
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| Sunday 12th July 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a Caspian Tern at Exminster Marshes RSPB in Devon, and a Pacific Golden Plover at Ring Marsh in County Wexford.
Rarities included a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a White-winged Scoter in Lothian, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, a Lesser Scaup in Fife, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a King Eider in Shetland, and a Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland. |
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| Saturday 11th July 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a Greenish Warbler at Bempton Cliffs RSPB in East Yorkshire.
Rarities included a Least Tern in County Louth, a Western Reef Heron in Pembrokeshire, a White-winged Scoter in Lothian, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a King Eider in Shetland, and a Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. |
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| Friday 10th July 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a Western Reef Heron at Newport on the Nevern Estuary in Pembrokeshire and two White-winged Scoters at Musselburgh Lagoons in Lothian.
Rarities included a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a King Eider in Shetland, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| Thursday 9th July 2026 | ||
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Rarities today consisted of a White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Western Reef Heron in Pembrokeshire, a American Black Tern in Northumberland, and a Western Subalpine Warbler on Shetland. |
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| Wednesday 8th July 2026 | ||
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| 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. |
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