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| Friday 18th July 2025 | ||
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| The day's standout bird was a Black Stork seen circling east of Ogston Reservoir, Derbyshire.
Continuing highlights included a White-rumped Sandpiper and White-winged Scoter off Musselburgh (Lothian), a Laughing Gull in County Kerry, Bonaparte’s Gulls in Kent, a Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, a Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, and a Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. |
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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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| Thursday 17th July 2025 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Laughing Gull in County Kerry at Trabeg.
Elsewhere, continuing rarities comprised the Least Tern still in County Dublin, White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. |
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| Wednesday 16th July 2025 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of the fourth Pacific Golden Plover of the autumn; in Norfolk at Warham Greens.
Elsewhere, continuing rarities comprised the Western Sandpiper still in Ayrshire, White-winged Scoter and White-rumped Sandpiper still together in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, and Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester. |
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| Tuesday 15th July 2025 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black-winged Pratincole in the Western Isles at Hougharry, North Uist, whilst in Lothian a White-rumped Sandpiper was new at Musselburgh Lagoons.
Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Western Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Caspian Tern in Northumberland, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. Significant late news concerned a Scopoli's Shearwater yesterday in Cornwall passing Porthgwarra, whilst on 9th July a Slate-coloured Junco was at Ely, Cambridgeshire. |
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| Monday 14th July 2025 | ||
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| Discoveries today included a Barolo Shearwater in County Clare passing Bridges of Ross, a Caspian Tern briefly in Northumberland at East Chevington, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester at Audenshaw Reservoir, White-rumped Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire at the Ythan Estuary, and in Cornwall a Black Kite at Land's End.
Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. |
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| Sunday 13th July 2025 | ||
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| Exceptional news today of a Soft-plumaged Petrel in Cornwall passing west at Coverack, Lizard Point and then Porthgwarra this evening; the second British record. Other discoveries included a Laughing Gull briefly in Devon at Dawlish Warren (the third brief encounter so afr this month), and Ferruginous Ducks in Cambridgeshire at Earith and on the Leicestershire/Northamptonshire border at Stanford Reservoir.
Elsewhere, continuing rarities comprised White-winged Scoters in both Aberdeenshire and Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Hampshire and Lancashire. |
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| Saturday 12th July 2025 | ||
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| Continuing rarities included a Black-winged Pratincole on Mainland Shetland, Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and County Cork, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, a Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, and a Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. | ||
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| Friday 11th July 2025 | ||
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| Lingering rarities seen today included the Western Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Black-winged Pratincole in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Cork, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, Ferruginous Ducks in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, Black-headed Bunting in Shetland and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. | ||
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| Thursday 10th July 2025 | ||
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| New today were at Subalpine Warbler species in Lancashire at Fleetwood Marsh, and a White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk at Snettisham.
Elsewhere, continuing rarities confirmed as still present were Greater Sand Plover, Black-winged Pratincole, and Eastern Subalpine Warbler all in Shetland, White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, and Ferruginous Ducks in both Leicestershire and Warwickshire. |
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| Wednesday 9th July 2025 | ||
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| The day's highlight came from the Scilly pelagic, where a Barolo Shearwater was recorded.
Other new arrivals included a Greater Sand Plover at Haroldswick on Unst (Shetland), a White-winged Scoter off Musselburgh in Lothian, and two White-rumped Sandpipers, one at Ballycotton in County Cork and another at Montrose Basin in Angus. Continuing rarities included a Black-headed Bunting on Foula (Shetland), a Collared Pratincole in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and County Cork, a Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, and a Ferruginous Duck in Leicestershire and Warwickshire. |
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