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| New rarities today consisted of a Desert Wheatear at Grimston in East Yorkshire, a Red-rumped Swallow at Spurn in East Yorkshire, and a Tawny Pipit at Shingle Street in Suffolk.
Rarities included a Kentish Plover in Bedfordshire, a Lesser Kestrel in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in East Sussex, Bonaparte's Gulls in Cornwall, Dorset, and County Donegal, Iberian Chiffchaffs in Suffolk and County Durham, a Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk and Kent, an Elegant Tern in County Galway, and a Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire. |
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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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| Monday 4th May 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a Kentish Plover at Broom Gravel Pits in Bedfordshire, a Red-footed Falcon at Carlton Marshes in Suffolk, Red-rumped Swallows at Wintersett Reservoir in West Yorkshire and at Cley in Norfolk, a Bonaparte's Gull at Lough Swilly in County Donegal, and an Iberian Chiffchaff at Dungeness in Kent.
Rarities included two Spotted Sandpipers in East Sussex, Lesser Kestrel in Cornwall, Iberian Chiffchaffs in County Durham and Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Red-footed Falcon in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, an Elegant Tern in County Galway, a Pacific Diver in County Mayo, and a Lesser Scaup yesterday in Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire. |
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| Sunday 3rd May 2026 | ||
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| The new rarities today included two Spotted Sandpipers near Piddinghoe in East Sussex, an adult Ross's Gull at Thurrock Thameside Nature Park in Essex, a 1st summer Bonaparte's Gull at Crossness in Greater London, a Red-footed Falcon at Sandwich Bay in Kent, a Red-rumped Swallow at RSPB Old Moor in South Yorkshire and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Newton Marsh in Lancashire.
Continuing rarities today included Stejneger's Scoter and White-winged Scoter in Fife, Marsh Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall and Dorset, Elegant Tern in County Galway, Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Zitting Cisticola in Suffolk and Lesser Kestrel in Cornwall. |
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| Saturday 2nd May 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of Red-footed Falcons at Easington in East Yorkshire, North Foreland in Kent, and at Kynance Cove in Cornwall, a Black Kite at Polegate in East Sussex, Red-rumped Swallows at Spurn and Scarborough in Yorkshire, and a Ferruginous Duck at Llanelli in Carmarthenshire.
Rarities included the Lesser Kestrel still at Croft Pascoe, on The Lizard in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, King Eider in Shetland, Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk, Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Iberian Chiffchaffs in Suffolk and County Durham, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Marsh Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Red-footed Falcon in Kent, Elegant Tern in County Galway, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Western Subalpine Warbler in Orkney, and a Dusky Warbler in Cornwall. |
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| Friday 1st May 2026 | ||
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| The mega today was a beautiful adult male Lesser Kestrel at Croft Pascoe Woods in Cornwall.
The new rarities consisted of a Western Bonelli's Warbler at Lundy in Devon, Red-footed Falcon at Stodmarsh, Kent, a Great Reed Warbler at Lakenheath Fen in Suffolk, a Red-throated Pipit at Pilning Wetland in Gloucestershire, Bonaparte's Gull at Rainham Marshes in London, and two Red-rumped Swallows at Flamborough in East Yorkshire. Continuing rarities included King Eider in Shetland, Elegant Tern in County Galway, Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire, Marsh Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall and Dorset, Whiskered Tern in Cornwall, Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham and Suffolk, and Tawny Pipit and Zitting Cisticola in Suffolk. |
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| Thursday 30th April 2026 | ||
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| The new rarities today included a drake Black Scoter at Filey in North Yorkshire, Gull-billed Tern in flight past North Foreland in Kent, a Great Reed Warbler at Titchwell RSPB in Norfolk, a Red-rumped Swallow at The Naze in Essex and Western Subalpine Warblers on both North Ronaldsey in Orkney and a likely bird on Tiree in Argyll.
Continuing rarities today included, Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Hooded Merganser in Warwickshire, Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Marsh Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall and Dorset, Whiskered Tern in Cornwall, Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham and Tawny Pipit in Suffolk. |
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| Wednesday 29th April 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a Whiskered Tern at Walmsley Sanctuary, Cornwall, Tawny Pipit at Landguard NR, Suffolk, Black Kites at Liston, Essex, Hintlesham and Glemsford, Suffolk, and at Poole Harbour, Dorset, Bonaparte's Gull at Weymouth, Dorset, and Olive-backed Pipit at Fair Isle, Shetland.
Rarities included Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and County Antrim, Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Iberian Chiffchaffs in Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, King Eider in Shetland, Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire, Marsh Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, and Elegant Tern in County Galway. |
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| Tuesday 28th April 2026 | ||
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| The new rarity today was a Black Kite at Manby, Lincolnshire.
Rarities included Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, White-winged Scoter in Fife, Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Iberian Chiffchaffs in County Durham, Suffolk, and the Western Isles, King Eider in Highland and Shetland, Hooded Merganser in Warwickshire, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Bonaparte's Gulls in Cornwall and Dorset, Zitting Cisticola in Suffolk, Marsh Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Forster's Tern in Dorset, and Elegant Tern in County Galway. |
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| Monday 27th April 2026 | ||
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| Todays new mega came in the form of a dark morph Booted Eagle in flight over Porthgwarra in Cornwall.
New rarities today included a Sardinian Warbler on the Skellig Islands in County Kerry, a Marsh Sandpiper on the Ythan Estuary in Aberdeenshire, an Iberian Chiffchaff on Barra in the Western Isles and likely the same Red-rumped Swallow which passed south through Grimston and then Spurn in East Yorkshire. Continuing rarities today included Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Blue-winged Teal in County Clare (2), Hooded Merganser in Warwickshire, King Eider in Shetland, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and County Antrim, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Elegant Tern in County Galway, Western Subalpine Warbler in County Cork, Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham and Suffolk and Dusky Warbler in Cornwall. Other news from yesterday was of an Eastern Subalpine Warbler trapped and ringed on Lundy in Devon. |
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| Sunday 26th April 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a Bonaparte's Gull at Branston Island, Lincolnshire, Red-footed Falcon at Reculver, Kent, and Lesser Yellowlegs at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Rarities included Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Antrim, White-winged Scoter in Fife, Black Scoter in Fife, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Iberian Chiffchaffs in County Durham and Suffolk, King Eider in Shetland, Ferruginous Ducks in Cambridgeshire and Warwickshire, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Blue-winged Teals in County Clare, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, and Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk. |
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