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Thursday 4th September 2025  
  New rarities of the day were a Baird's Sandpiper on St. Kilda in the Western Isles, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Tramore in County Waterford, a Lesser Scaup at Gailey Reservoir in Staffordshire, a Barolo Shearwater at Pendeen Watch in Cornwall, a Pallid Swift over Walberswick in Suffolk, and a Blyth's Reed Warbler trapped and ringed on Bardsey Island in Gwynedd.

Late news included a Black Kite over St. Buryan in Cornwall on Monday, and a Bonaparte's Gull at Kinnegar Shore in County Down yesterday.

Continuing rarities included a singing Zitting Cisticola near Walberswick in Suffolk, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Ballycotton in County Cork, White-winged Scoters at Lunan Bay in Angus, a Western Sandpiper at Maidens in Ayrshire, a White-rumped Sandpiper at East Chevington in Northumberland, a Baird's Sandpiper at Loch Paible in the Western Isles, a Lesser Scaup at Belvide Reservoir in Staffordshire, and an Eastern Subalpine Warbler on Fair Isle in Shetland.
-  Ben Clark, RBA