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 26th October 2026  
  New rarities today consisted of two Hume's Warblers in Shetland on Fetlar at Feal and at Hoswick, a Dusky Warbler at Warkworth in Northumberland, an Olive-backed Pipit at Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire, a Red-throated Pipit on Westray in Orkney and at least four Coures's Redpolls around Shetland.

Continuing rarities today consisted of Pacific Diver in County Cork, White-winged Scoter in Angus, Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, White-rumped Sandpipers in County Derry (2), Sora on Scilly, Rufous-tailed Robin in East Yorkshire, Chestnut Bunting in Shetland, Nutcracker in Norfolk, Desert Wheatear in Norfolk, Dusky Thrush on Orkney, Olive-backed Pipit in Shetland, Hume's Warbler in Shetland, Dusky Warblers in Northumberland and Norfolk and Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA