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.

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Wednesday 11th November 2015  
  Long-billed Dowitchers in Northumberland and Co Kerry and the long-staying Northern Harrier on North Ronaldsay (Orkney) were the only rarities reported today. Scarcity sightings included Red-necked Phalaropes in Suffolk and Worcestershire, Glossy Ibis in Gloucestershire, Pallas's Warbler in Cornwall, American Wigeon in Argyll, Yellow-browed Warbler in Co Wicklow and two Waxwings in Co Antrim.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Tuesday 10th November 2015  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Crag Martin in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, where it showed for much of the day. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Gull-billed Tern still in County Kerry, and single Long-billed Dowitchers in both County Dublin and Northumberland.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), American Golden Plover (Cornwall), American Golden Plover (Western Isles), Shorelark (East Yorkshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Essex), Yellow-browed Warbler (Anglesey), Ring-necked Duck (Perthsire), Snow Goose (Cumbria) and Glossy Ibis (Gloucestershire), two each of Red-necked Phalarope and Lapland Bunting, three Cattle Egrets (toegther in Devon), five Great Grey Shrikes and seven Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 9th November 2015  
  In Derbyshire the Crag Martin reappeared in Chesterfield, whilst a Pallid Swift (Kent) and Long-billed Dowitcher (Northumberland) were discovered. The Gull-billed Tern (Co Kerry) and Long-billed Dowitcher (Co Dublin) both lingered and the best of the rest included Red-necked Phalarope (Worcestershire), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Co Waterford), American Golden Plover (Lothian), two Glossy Ibises, two Cattle Egrets and two Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Sunday 8th November 2015  
  The highlight of the day was a Crag Martin in Derbyshire at Chesterfield,where it showed for little over an hour in the early afternoon: the twelfth British record, and the first to be discovered in November.

Rarities elsewhere comprised the Pallid Harrier still in Lincolnshire, a Long-billed Dowitcher new in County Dublin, Gull-billed Tern in County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs and a brief Penduline Tit in Norfolk, Dusky Warbler and two White-rumped Sandpipers in County Cork, and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham.

Scarcities included Serin (Devon), Red-breasted Flycatcher (County Cork), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Cattle Egret (Cornwall), two each of American Golden Plover, Ring-necked Duck, Glossy Ibis and Yellow-browed Warbler, three of Richard's Pipit and Rough-legged Buzzard, five Lapland Buntings, and six of both Shorelark and Great Grey Shrike.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 7th November 2015  
  A Dusky Warbler was found at Mizen Head, County Cork, with two White-rumped Sandpipers in the same county at Ballycotton.

Lingering rarities included Arctic Warbler and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham, Pallid Harrier in Lincolnshire and Gull-billed Tern in County Kerry.

The best of the rest included singles of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Serin, Little Bunting, Sabine's Gull, Leach's Petrel, Rough-legged Buzzard and Tundra Bean Goose, two each of Yellow-browed Warbler, Lapland Bunting, Little Auk, Grey Phalarope, Ring-billed Gull, Ring-necked Duck and American Wigeon, three each of Richard's Pipit, American Golden Plover, Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, four Great Grey Shrikes, 11 Pomarine Skuas and 14 Waxwings.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Friday 6th November 2015  
  New discoveries today included a White-billed Diver in Bluemull Sound, Shetland and a Pallid Swift near Wolla Bank, Lincolnshire.

Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Whimbrel and American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Arctic Warbler and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk and Pallid Harrier in Lincolnshire.

Scarcity highlights were singles of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Serin, Waxwing, Richard's Pipit, Ring-necked Duck and Surf Scoter, two each of Great Grey Shrike, Yellow-browed Warbler, Rough-legged Buzzard, Glossy Ibis, Lapland Bunting and Bean Goose and three each of Pomarine Skua and Little Auk.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 5th November 2015  
  The highlight of the day was a brief Blyth's Pipit at Spurn, East Yorkshire. Elsewhere, confirmed rarities comprised a Dusky Warbler new on the Shetland Isles on Unst, the Hudsonian Whimbrel still in Cornwall, Pallid Harrier again in Lincolnshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Scaup in County Kerry, and the Arctic Warbler was reported again in County Durham.

Notable scarcities were Ortolan Bunting (Shetland Isles), Serin (Devon), Little Bunting (County Donegal), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Cattle Egret (County Wexford), two each of American Golden Plover, Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-necked Duck, Yellow-browed Warbler and Waxwing, three Glossy Ibises and seven Great Grey Shrikes.

Inconclusive sightings included a probable Black-and-white Warbler briefly in Worcestershire, and single swifts in Cumbria, Lothian and Glamorgan, with at least the latter thought likely to be Pallid Swift.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Wednesday 4th November 2015  
  Lingering rarities included Hudsonian Whimbrel and American Herring Gull (Cornwall), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Gloucestershire), Gull-billed Tern and Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Kerry), Azorean Yellow-legged Gull (Nottinghamshire), and Arctic Warbler (Co Durham).

The best of the rest included American Golden Plovers (East Yorkshire and Co Cork), Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), Little Bunting (Isles of Scilly) and Serin (Devon).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Tuesday 3rd November 2015  
  The highlight of the day was confirmation of a Pied Wheatear in Suffolk at Landguard, where it has first been glimpsed there yesterday: the third record for the county.

Rarities elsewhere comprised the Hudsonian Whimbrel still in Cornwall, Arctic Warbler in County Durham, Olive-backed Pipit on the Shetland Isles, Greater Yellowlegs on the Isle of Wight, Gull-billed Tern in County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, and a Penduline Tit briefly in Suffolk

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Norfolk), Red-breasted Flycatcher (County Cork), Glossy Ibis (Essex), Barred Warbler and Surf Scoter (Lothian), two each of Serin, American Golden Plover and Ring-necked Duck, three Rough-legged Buzzards, four Cattle Egrets, five Richard's Pipits, eight Great Grey Shrikes and 16 Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 2nd November 2015  
  An Arctic Warbler was discovered in Co Durham today, whilst the Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Norfolk), Ferruginous Duck (Co Durham), Forster's Tern (Co Galway), Gull-billed Tern (Co Kerry), Long-billed Dowitcher (Hampshire) and Northern Harrier (Orkney) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Pallas's Warbler (Suffolk), American Golden Plover (East Yorkshire), Red-backed Shrike (Aberdeenshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Essex), Ortolan Bunting (Shetland) and two Red-breasted Flycatchers (Co Waterford and Co Cork).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA