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| Discoveries today included three new White-rumped Sandpipers: in Staffordshire at Belvide Reservoir, in County Cork at Ballynamona, and in East Yorkshire a new bird at Kilnsea made two together at this site. Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Long-tailed Shrike on the Gloucestershire/ Oxfordshire border, the Hudsonian Godwit between Suffolk and Essex, Black Stork in East Yorkshire, at least two White-winged Scoters together in Lothian, Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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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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| Saturday 25th July 2026 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Barolo Shearwater in Orkney passing North Ronaldsay, in East Yorkshire a juvenile Black Stork arrived at Bempton Cliffs and then relocated to the adjacent Flamborough Head, and in Lincolnshire a Black Kite flew over Fotherby. Elsewhere, rarities confirmed as still present were the Long-tailed Shrike along the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border, Hudsonian Godwit in Suffolk, Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire. Significant late news for yesterday concerned the Western Reef Heron reported in Carmarthenshire at Kidwelly. |
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| Friday 24th July 2026 | ||
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| Find of the day was an Eleonora's Falcon at North Foreland in Kent.
New rarities were two Black Storks at Croxdale in County Durham. Rarities included a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Long-tailed Shrike on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, a White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, a Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a Kentish Plover in Cornwall. |
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| Thursday 23rd July 2026 | ||
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| The new rarity today was a Red-footed Falcon at Winestead in East Yorkshire.
Rarities included a Long-tailed Shrike on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border, a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and a White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire. |
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| Wednesday 22nd July 2026 | ||
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| The new rarities today were a Red-footed Falcon, near Orsett in Essex, and an additional White-winged Scoter at Musselburgh Lagoons in Lothian.
Rarities included a White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, a Long-tailed Shrike on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border, a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, an Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| Tuesday 21st July 2026 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Long-tailed Shrike still on the Gloucestershire/ Oxfordshire border, the Hudsonian Godwit still between Essex and Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gull still in Kent, and a White-rumped Sandpiper still in East Yorkshire. | ||
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| Monday 20th July 2026 | ||
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| The new rarity today was a Pratincole sp at Dunwich Heath in Suffolk.
Rarities included a Long-tailed Shrike in Gloucestershire, a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, a King Eider in Shetland, and a Lesser Scaup in Fife. |
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| Sunday 19th July 2026 | ||
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| The new rarity today was a Lesser Scaup at Blithfield Reservoir in Staffordshire.
Rarities included a Long-tailed Shrike in Gloucestershire (also noted briefly over the Oxfordshire border), a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| Saturday 18th July 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today were a Lesser Yellowlegs at Benacre Broad in Suffolk, and a Ferruginous Duck at Stanford Reservoir in Northamptonshire.
Rarities included the Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, a Caspian Tern in North Yorkshire, a Least Tern in County Louth, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, a Lesser Scaup in Hertfordshire, a Pacific Golden Plover in East Yorkshire, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| Friday 17th July 2026 | ||
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| New rarities today consisted of a White-rumped Sandpiper at Beacon Ponds north of Kilnsea in East Yorkshire and a Gull-billed Tern at Dungeness RSPB in Kent.
Rarities included a Hudsonian Godwit on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Caspian Tern in North Yorkshire, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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