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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Friday 14th April 2006  
  The highlight of the day was the appearance of a dapper Bonaparte’s Gull at Cardiff Bay, Glamorgan. On the Western Isles birders watching two White-billed Divers on Lewis at Skigersta located at least one Arctic Redpoll in a nearby garden.

The American Herring Gull remained in Galway, Co Galway as did the Laughing Gull in Cork, Co Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher on Hayle Estuary, Cornwall and the Black-winged Stilt at Thurlestone, Devon.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Thursday 13th April 2006  
  The discovery of a White-billed Diver at Melvaig, Highland was not wholly unexpected, given the recently discovered spring passage of White-billed Divers off northwest Scotland. New Alpine Swifts were found at Braunton, Wirral with two seen over Kilcoole, Co Wicklow.

The male Blue-winged Teal remained at Filey, North Yorkshire, although proved elusive on occasion, whilst in Lincolnshire the Ashy-headed Wagtail was seen again at Covenham Reservoir. The pick of the scarce migrants was a singing Hoopoe at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire whilst many counties enjoyed arrivals of Ring Ouzels and Redstarts.
-  Chris Batty, RBA