diff --git a/scripts/advanced.php b/scripts/advanced.php
index 765016cb..fd484d49 100644
--- a/scripts/advanced.php
+++ b/scripts/advanced.php
@@ -196,6 +196,15 @@
     $contents = preg_replace("/RAW_SPECTROGRAM=.*/", "RAW_SPECTROGRAM=0", $contents);
   }
 
+  if(isset($_GET["rare_species_threshold"])) {
+    $rare_species_threshold = $_GET["rare_species_threshold"];
+    if(strcmp($rare_species_threshold, $config['RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD']) !== 0) {
+        $contents = preg_replace("/RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=.*/", "RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=$rare_species_threshold", $contents);
+    }
+  } else {
+      $contents = preg_replace("/RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=.*/", "RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=30", $contents);
+  }
+
   if(isset($_GET["custom_image"])) {
     $custom_image = $_GET["custom_image"];
     if(strcmp($custom_image,$config['CUSTOM_IMAGE']) !== 0) {
@@ -434,6 +443,10 @@ function collectrtspUrls() {
       <label for="raw_spectrogram">Minimalist Spectrograms: </label>
       <input type="checkbox" name="raw_spectrogram" <?php if($newconfig['RAW_SPECTROGRAM'] == 1) { echo "checked"; };?> ><br>
       <p>This allows you to remove the axes and labels of the spectrograms that are generated by Sox for each detection for a cleaner appearance.</p>
+
+      <label for="rare_species_threshold">Rare Species Threshold (days): </label>
+      <input type="number" name="rare_species_threshold" min="1" value="<?php echo isset($newconfig['RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD']) ? $newconfig['RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD'] : 30; ?>"><br>
+      <p>This setting defines after how many days since last detection a species is considered rare. Default is 30 days.</p>
       </td></tr></table><br>
 
       <table class="settingstable"><tr><td>
diff --git a/scripts/install_config.sh b/scripts/install_config.sh
index 5fdf4521..57dd458a 100755
--- a/scripts/install_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_config.sh
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ RAW_SPECTROGRAM=0
 CUSTOM_IMAGE=
 CUSTOM_IMAGE_TITLE=""
 
+## RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD defines after how many days a species is considered as rare and highlighted on overview page
+RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=30
+
 ## These are just for debugging
 LAST_RUN=
 THIS_RUN=
diff --git a/scripts/overview.php b/scripts/overview.php
index 3abc40e9..7394811c 100644
--- a/scripts/overview.php
+++ b/scripts/overview.php
@@ -313,6 +313,143 @@ function setModalText(iter, title, text, authorlink, photolink, licenseurl) {
 <div class="right-column">
 <div class="center-column">
 </div>
+<?php
+$statement = $db->prepare("
+SELECT d_today.Com_Name, d_today.Sci_Name, d_today.Date, d_today.Time, d_today.Confidence, d_today.File_Name, 
+       MAX(d_today.Confidence) as MaxConfidence,
+       (SELECT MAX(Date) FROM detections d_prev WHERE d_prev.Com_Name = d_today.Com_Name AND d_prev.Date < DATE('now', 'localtime')) as LastSeenDate,
+       (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM detections d_occ WHERE d_occ.Com_Name = d_today.Com_Name AND d_occ.Date = DATE('now', 'localtime')) as OccurrenceCount
+FROM detections d_today
+WHERE d_today.Date = DATE('now', 'localtime')
+GROUP BY d_today.Com_Name
+");
+ensure_db_ok($statement);
+$result = $statement->execute();
+
+$new_species = [];
+$rare_species = [];
+$rare_species_threshold = isset($config['RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD']) ? $config['RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD'] : 30;
+while ($row = $result->fetchArray(SQLITE3_ASSOC)) {
+    $last_seen_date = $row['LastSeenDate'];
+    if ($last_seen_date === NULL) {
+        $new_species[] = $row;
+    } else {
+        $date1 = new DateTime($last_seen_date);
+        $date2 = new DateTime('now');
+        $interval = $date1->diff($date2);
+        $days_ago = $interval->days;
+        if ($days_ago > $rare_species_threshold) {
+            $row['DaysAgo'] = $days_ago;
+            $rare_species[] = $row;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (!isset($_SESSION['images'])) {
+    $_SESSION['images'] = [];
+}
+$flickr = null;
+
+function display_species($species_list, $title, $show_last_seen=false) {
+    global $config, $_SESSION, $flickr;
+    $species_count = count($species_list);
+    if ($species_count > 0): ?>
+        <div class="<?php echo strtolower(str_replace(' ', '_', $title)); ?>">
+            <h2 style="text-align:center;"><?php echo $species_count; ?> <?php echo strtolower($title); ?> detected today!</h2>
+            <?php if ($species_count > 5): ?>
+                <table><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><form action="" method="GET"><input type="hidden" name="view" value="Recordings"><button type="submit" name="date" value="<?php echo date('Y-m-d');?>">Open Today's recordings page</button></form></td></tr></table>
+            <?php else: ?>
+                <table>
+                    <?php
+                    $iterations = 0;
+                    foreach($species_list as $todaytable):
+                        $iterations++;
+                        $comname = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $todaytable['Com_Name']);
+                        $comname = preg_replace('/\'/', '', $comname);
+                        $comnamegraph = str_replace("'", "\'", $todaytable['Com_Name']);
+                        $filename = "/By_Date/".$todaytable['Date']."/".$comname."/".$todaytable['File_Name'];
+                        $filename_formatted = $todaytable['Date']."/".$comname."/".$todaytable['File_Name'];
+                        $sciname = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $todaytable['Sci_Name']);
+                        $engname = get_com_en_name($todaytable['Sci_Name']);
+                        $engname_url = str_replace("'", '', str_replace(' ', '_', $engname));
+                        $info_url = get_info_url($todaytable['Sci_Name']);
+                        $url = $info_url['URL'];
+                        $url_title = $info_url['TITLE'];
+
+                        $image_url = ""; // Default empty image URL
+
+                        if (!empty($config["FLICKR_API_KEY"])) {
+                            if ($flickr === null) {
+                                $flickr = new Flickr();
+                            }
+                            if (isset($_SESSION["FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL"]) && $_SESSION["FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL"] !== $flickr->get_uid_from_db()['uid']) {
+                                unset($_SESSION['images']);
+                                $_SESSION["FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL"] = $flickr->get_uid_from_db()['uid'];
+                            }
+
+                            // Check if the Flickr image has been cached in the session
+                            $key = array_search($comname, array_column($_SESSION['images'], 0));
+                            if ($key !== false) {
+                                $image = $_SESSION['images'][$key];
+                            } else {
+                                // Retrieve the image from Flickr API and cache it
+                                $flickr_cache = $flickr->get_image($todaytable['Sci_Name']);
+                                array_push($_SESSION["images"], array($comname, $flickr_cache["image_url"], $flickr_cache["title"], $flickr_cache["photos_url"], $flickr_cache["author_url"], $flickr_cache["license_url"]));
+                                $image = $_SESSION['images'][count($_SESSION['images']) - 1];
+                            }
+                            $image_url = $image[1] ?? ""; // Get the image URL if available
+                        }
+
+                        $last_seen_text = "";
+                        if ($show_last_seen && isset($todaytable['DaysAgo'])) {
+                            $days_ago = $todaytable['DaysAgo'];
+                            if ($days_ago > 30) {
+                                $months_ago = floor($days_ago / 30);
+                                $last_seen_text = "<br><i><span class='text left'>Last seen: </span>{$months_ago}mo ago</i>";
+                            } else {
+                                $last_seen_text = "<br><i><span class='text left'>Last seen: </span>{$days_ago}d ago</i>";
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        $occurrence_text = "";
+                        if (isset($todaytable['OccurrenceCount']) && $todaytable['OccurrenceCount'] > 1) {
+                            $occurrence_text = " ({$todaytable['OccurrenceCount']}x)";
+                        }
+                    ?>
+                    <tr class="relative" id="<?php echo $iterations; ?>">
+                        <td><?php if (!empty($image_url)): ?>
+                          <img onclick='setModalText(<?php echo $iterations; ?>,"<?php echo urlencode($image[2]); ?>", "<?php echo $image[3]; ?>", "<?php echo $image[4]; ?>", "<?php echo $image[1]; ?>", "<?php echo $image[5]; ?>")' src="<?php echo $image_url; ?>" style="max-width: none; height: 50px; width: 50px; border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer;" class="img1" title="Image from Flickr" />
+                        <?php endif; ?></td>
+                        <td id="recent_detection_middle_td">
+                            <div><form action="" method="GET">
+                                    <input type="hidden" name="view" value="Species Stats">
+                                    <button class="a2" type="submit" name="species" value="<?php echo $todaytable['Com_Name']; ?>"><?php echo $todaytable['Com_Name']; ?></button>
+                                    <br><i><?php echo $todaytable['Sci_Name']; ?><br>
+                                        <a href="<?php echo $url; ?>" target="_blank"><img style="height: 1em;cursor:pointer;float:unset;display:inline" title="<?php echo $url_title; ?>" src="images/info.png" width="25"></a>
+                                        <a href="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/<?php echo $sciname; ?>" target="_blank"><img style="height: 1em;cursor:pointer;float:unset;display:inline" title="Wikipedia" src="images/wiki.png" width="25"></a>
+                                        <?php if ($show_last_seen): ?>
+                                            <img style="height: 1em;cursor:pointer;float:unset;display:inline" title="View species stats" onclick="generateMiniGraph(this, '<?php echo $comnamegraph; ?>', 160)" width="25" src="images/chart.svg">
+                                        <?php endif; ?>
+                                        <a target="_blank" href="index.php?filename=<?php echo $todaytable['File_Name']; ?>"><img style="height: 1em;cursor:pointer;float:unset;display:inline" class="copyimage-mobile" title="Open in new tab" width="16" src="images/copy.png"></a>
+                                    </i>
+                            </form></div>
+                        </td>
+                        <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><?php
+                                echo '<span class="text left">Max confidence: </span>' . round($todaytable['Confidence'] * 100 ) . '%' . $occurrence_text;
+                                echo "<br><span class='text left'>First detection: </span>{$todaytable['Time']}";
+                                echo $last_seen_text;
+                        ?></td>
+                      </tr>
+                    <?php endforeach; ?>
+                </table>
+            <?php endif; ?>
+        </div>
+    <?php endif;
+}
+
+display_species($new_species, 'New Species');
+display_species($rare_species, 'Rare Species', true);
+?>
 <div class="chart">
 <?php
 $refresh = $config['RECORDING_LENGTH'];
@@ -477,11 +614,11 @@ function startAutoRefresh() {
 }
 </style>
 <script>
-function generateMiniGraph(elem, comname) {
+function generateMiniGraph(elem, comname, days = 30) {
 
   // Make an AJAX call to fetch the number of detections for the bird species
   var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-  xhr.open('GET', '/todays_detections.php?comname=' + comname);
+  xhr.open('GET', '/todays_detections.php?comname=' + comname + '&days=' + days);
   xhr.onload = function() {
     if (xhr.status === 200) {
       var detections = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
@@ -534,7 +671,7 @@ function generateMiniGraph(elem, comname) {
           },
           title: {
             display: true,
-            text: 'Detections Over 30d'
+            text: 'Detections Over ' + days + 'd'
           },
           legend: {
             display: false
diff --git a/scripts/todays_detections.php b/scripts/todays_detections.php
index 06b0753a..b00951eb 100644
--- a/scripts/todays_detections.php
+++ b/scripts/todays_detections.php
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@
 if(isset($_GET['comname'])) {
  $birdName = htmlspecialchars_decode($_GET['comname'], ENT_QUOTES);
 
+// Set default days to 30 if not provided
+$days = isset($_GET['days']) ? intval($_GET['days']) : 30;
 
 // Prepare a SQL statement to retrieve the detection data for the specified bird
-$stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT Date, COUNT(*) AS Detections FROM detections WHERE Com_Name = :com_name AND Date BETWEEN DATE("now", "-30 days") AND DATE("now") GROUP BY Date');
+$stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT Date, COUNT(*) AS Detections FROM detections WHERE Com_Name = :com_name AND Date BETWEEN DATE("now", "-' . $days . ' days") AND DATE("now") GROUP BY Date');
 
 // Bind the bird name parameter to the SQL statement
 $stmt->bindValue(':com_name', $birdName);
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index f27fcf30..49be597e 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ if ! grep -E '^MAX_FILES_SPECIES=' /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   echo "MAX_FILES_SPECIES=\"0\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 
+if ! grep -E '^RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=' /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
+  echo '## RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD defines after how many days a species is considered as rare and highlighted on overview page' >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+  echo "RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=\"30\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+fi
+
 [ -d $RECS_DIR/StreamData ] || sudo_with_user mkdir -p $RECS_DIR/StreamData
 [ -L ${EXTRACTED}/spectrogram.png ] || sudo_with_user ln -sf ${RECS_DIR}/StreamData/spectrogram.png ${EXTRACTED}/spectrogram.png