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 8th December 2014  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Blyth's Pipit at Pugneys Country Park (West Yorkshire). In Dorset a Lesser Yellowlegs was at Brownsea Island NT whilst the Penduline Tits (Devon), Eastern Black Redstart (Isles of Scilly), Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire) and Dusky Warbler (Cornwall) all lingered and the male Desert Wheatear was reportedly still present at Winterton (Norfolk).

The best of the rest included Barred Warbler (Dorset), Glossy Ibis (Kent), Lesser Snow Goose (Norfolk), Cattle Egret (Cheshire), two American Wigeons (Cornwall), four Ring-necked Ducks and five Richard's Pipits.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Sunday 7th December 2014  
  In Devon, three Penduline Tits were discovered at Bowling Green Marsh RSPB mid morning, but they proved elusive, being seen just once more early afternoon. In neighbouring Cornwall, another female Desert Wheatear arrived, this time on The Lizard, with the long staying bird still present at Porthgwarra. A Ross's Goose was also found, at Dunbar, Lothian.

Other lingering rarities included both the American Coots (Western Isles and County Kerry), Desert Wheatear in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Lesser Scaup in Powys and Eastern Black Redstart in the Isles of Scilly.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Saturday 6th December 2014  
  The second Penduline Tit for Wiltshire was discovered today, at Pit 68a of the Cotswold Water Park. The first record, in 2008, was just a few yards away at Pit 68c.

Lingering rarities seen today included the Pacific Diver, Desert Wheatear and Dusky Warbler all in Cornwall, another Desert Wheatear in Norfolk, Laughing Gull in County Cork, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Scaup in County Kerry, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and Eastern Black Redstart in the Isles of Scilly.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Friday 5th December 2014  
  A male Desert Wheatear was discovered at Winterton, Norfolk today, with another still at Porthgwarra, Cornwall.

Other lingering rarities included the Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and Eastern Black Redstart in the Isles of Scilly.

Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Grey Phalarope, a Lesser Snow Goose, a Glaucous Gull, two Iceland Gulls, two Ring-necked Ducks, three Richard's Pipits, four Great Grey Shrikes, four Shorelarks, four Lapland Buntings, five Yellow-browed Warblers, seven Rough-legged Buzzards and 10 Little Auks.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 4th December 2014  
  The seventh Penduline Tit for Cambridgeshire was discovered today, at Ouse Fen RSPB, near Earith.

Lingering rarities included the American Coot on the Western Isles, Pacific Diver, Desert Wheatear and Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, King Eider in Fife, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and Eastern Black Redstart on the Isles of Scilly.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Wednesday 3rd December 2014  
  Rarities today comprised the Pacific Diver, Desert Wheatear and Dusky Warbler all still in Cornwall, American Coot on the Western Isles, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, and single Eastern Black Redstarts in both North Yorkshire and the Isles of Scilly.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Hoopoe (Dorset), Yellow-browed Warbler and American Wigeon (Devon), Shorelark (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Essex), Lesser Snow Goose (Norfolk), Glossy Ibis (Lincolnshire), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Ring-necked Duck, three each of Cattle Egret, Glaucous Gull, Green-winged Teal and Black Brant, five Richard's Pipits, seven each of Rough-legged Buzzard and Lapland Bunting, eight Caspian Gulls, nine Tundra Bean Geese, 10 Great Grey Shrikes and 12 Great White Egets.

Seawatching produced 32 Pomarine Skuas and 21 Little Auks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Tuesday 2nd December 2014  
  Lingering rarities comprised Olive-backed Pipit (Fair Isle), Dusky Warbler, Desert Wheatear Pacific Diver and Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall), Eastern Black Redstarts (Isles of Scilly and North Yorkshire) and Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire).

The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Yellow-browed Warbler (Conwy), Lesser Snow Goose (Norfolk), Barred Warbler (Dorset), three Cattle Egrets, four Ring-necked Ducks and five Richard's Pipits.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Monday 1st December 2014  
  New discoveries included an Eastern Black Redstart in North Yorkshire (whilst another lingered on Isles of Scilly), Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll and a White-billed Diver flew past the Yorkshire coastline.

Lingering rarities included Desert Wheatear, Pacific Diver and Dusky Warbler in Cornwall and Lesser Scaup in Powys.

The best of the rest comprised Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Common Rosefinch (Glamorgan), Glossy Ibis (Lincolnshire), Barred Warbler (Dorset), two Cattle Egrets, two American Wigeons, four Richard's Pipits, five Yellow-browed Warblers and seven Great Grey Shrikes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Sunday 30th November 2014  
  A female King Eider was found in Largo Bay, Fife.

Lingering rarities included the American Coot and Lesser Scaup in County Kerry, Desert Wheatear and Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Saturday 29th November 2014  
  A Pacific Diver was discovered off Finvarra Point, County Clare today, the same site as the last Irish record in 2010. An adult Bonaparte's Gull was at Wallsend, Northumberland briefly this afternoon.

Lingering rarities included the Desert Wheatear and Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan.

Scarcities included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Grey Phalarope, two Hoopoes, two Green-winged Teals, two American Wigeons, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Shorelarks, five Yellow-browed Warblers, six Richard's Pipits, six Surf Scoters, eight Rough-legged Buzzards and 12 Great Grey Shrikes.
-  Will Soar, RBA