Friday 8th August 2025
	Discoveries today included a White-rumped Sandpiper in Lancashire at Skippool Creek, whilst in County Wexford there are now two Long-billed Dowitchers: at Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake. Elsewhere continuing rarities confirmed as still present were both the Zitting Cisticola and Black Stork in Suffolk, Western Sandpiper in Ayrshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent.
-  Chris Batty, RBA