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 3rd December 2018  
  Highlight of the day was the discovery of an American Herring Gull at Cape Cornwall (Cornwall). An Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Shetland), Lesser Scaup (Somerset), Dusky Warbler (Suffolk), Snowy Owl (Western Isles), Bonaparte's Gull (Northumberland) and Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Red-backed Shrike (Northumberland), Serin (Isles of Scilly), two American Wigeons, three Rough-legged Buzzards and four Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Sunday 2nd December 2018  
  Discoveries today included a Hume's Warbler in Kent at Lade, a Dusky Warbler in Suffolk at Kessingland and a White-billed Diver joined the lingering Bonaparte's Gull at Bamburgh, Northumberland.

Rarities elsewhere comprised the Eastern Yellow Wagtail showing again on the Shetland Isles, Bufflehead still in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset.

Scarcities included Glossy Ibis (County Wexford), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, American Wigeon, Ring-billed Gull and Lapland Bunting, three Surf Scoters, five of both Ring-necked Duck and Rough-legged Buzzard, 25 Shorelarks, 67 Waxwings and a total of 68 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 1st December 2018  
  A Snowy Owl was discovered on Cairngorm, Highland today, whilst lingering rarities included the Bufflehead in County Cork, Black Scoter and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, King Eider in Ceredigion and White-billed Diver in Western Isles.

Scarcity highlights were a Pallas's Warbler, two Shorelarks, three Great Grey Shrikes, approximately 453 Waxwings, a Temminck's Stint, a Grey Phalarope, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, three American Wigeons, three Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, 12 Taiga Bean Geese, 41 Tundra Bean Geese, a Sabine's Gull, two Iceland Gulls, a Pomarine Skua and two Rough-legged Buzzards.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Friday 30th November 2018  
  Today's rarity highlights comprised Bufflehead in Co Cork, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Dusky Warbler in Dorset and White-billed Diver in Devon.

Scarcity sightings included Pallas's Warbler (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (Devon), Todd's Canada Goose (Cumbria), Canada Goose (Western Isles), American Wigeon (Lancashire), Green-winged Teal (Gloucestershire), Surf Scoter (Co Clare), Grey Phalarope (Dumfries & Galloway), Balearic Shearwater (Cornwall), two Ring-necked Ducks and Great Grey Shrikes, at least four Lapland Buntings, six Rough-legged Buzzards, a reported flock of 35 Shorelarks (Norfolk) and approximately 260 Waxwings.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA
Thursday 29th November 2018  
  Lingering rarities still present today included the Little Bittern at Saltholme RSPB, Cleveland, Bufflehead at Ballinacarriga Lough, County Cork, Bonaparte's Gull at Bamburgh, Northumberland, King Eider at Ynyslas, Ceredigion and Lesser Scaup at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset.

Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, 28 Shorelarks, 222 Waxwings, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Temminck's Stint, a Grey Phalarope, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teals, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Tundra Bean Geese, three Taiga Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, two Iceland Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls and 12 Little Auks.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Wednesday 28th November 2018  
  Lingering rarities present today were just the Bufflehead at Ballinacarriga Lough, County Cork and the Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor RSPB, Dorset.

Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Great Grey Shrike, 99 Waxwings, a Little Auk, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Ring-necked Duck, a Taiga Bean Goose, five Tundra Bean Geese and two Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Tuesday 27th November 2018  
  Rarities today comprised the Bufflehead still in County Cork, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland and Lesser Scaup on Anglesey.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Norfolk), Rose-coloured Starling (Derbyshire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-necked Duck (Lincolnshire), Hoopoe and Lesser Snow Goose (Highland), two Rough-legged Buzzards, three American Wigeons, six eaxch of both Shorelark and Lapland Bunting, 50 Cattle Egrets and a total of 261 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 26th November 2018  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bufflehead in County Cork at Ballinacarriga Lough; a site that that had hosted five Ring-necked Ducks the previous day. Elsewhere a Little Bittern was glimpsed in Cleveland at Saltholme RSPB, a Lesser Scaup was identified in Somerset at Chew Valley Lake, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll was trapped and ringed in West Yorkshire at Wintersett Reservoir and on the Shetland Isles a White-billed Diver was located at Kirkabister.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Hume's Warbler in Devon, a Dusky Warbler in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Dorset and County Londonderry, King Eider in Ceredigion and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Temminck's Stint and Dotterel (Cornwall), two each of both Hoopoe and Great Grey Shrike, three of Rose-coloured Starling and Ring-necked Duck, four Rough-legged Buzzards, 24 Shorelarks, 109 Cattle Egrets and 230 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Sunday 25th November 2018  
  Discoveries today included a Hume's Warbler in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea, Penduline Tit in Norfolk at Haddiscoe Island, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in South Yorkshire at Hatfield Moors and in Northumberland the Bonaparte's Gull was relocated at Bamburgh.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Pied-billed Grebe on the Shetland Isles, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hume's Warbler in Devon, Dusky Warbler in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs and three White-rumped Sandpipers together in County Londonderry, King Eider in Ceredigion, Lesser Scaup on Anglesey and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Cork.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler and Lapland Bunting (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Serin, four American Wigeons, five Rough-legged Buzzards, eight Ring-necked Ducks, 23 Shorelarks, 73 Cattle Egrets and a total of 280 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 24th November 2018  
  New discoveries included at least two Coues's Arctic Redpolls at Fontburn Reservoir (Northumberland) and a White-billed Diver off Barra (Western Isles), whilst the Hume's Warbler (Devon), Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Derry, Co Wexford and Dorset), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Richardson's Canada Goose (Western Isles) and Coues's Arctic Redpolls (Norfolk [2] and South Yorkshire) all lingered.

Scarcity sightings included Serin (Isles of Scilly), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (Kent), two Rose-coloured Starlings, Yellow-browed Warblers and Green-winged Teals, three Ring-necked Ducks, Great Grey Shrikes and American Wigeons, five Rough-legged Buzzards and Surf Scoters, 20 Taiga Bean Geese and at least 37 Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA