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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Saturday 27th September 2025  
  New rarities consisted of a Little Bittern at Weymouth in Dorset, Semipalmated Sandpipers at Muckross Estuary in Clonakilty, Co.Cork, a Pallid Harrier in the Blakeney area in Norfolk, and a White-rumped Sandpiper at The Gearagh in Co.Cork.

Continuing rarities included a Baird's Sandpiper at St.Kilda in Western Isles, a Bonaparte's Gull at Kinnegar Shore in Co.Down, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Bryher in Scilly, a Western Sandpiper at Maidens in Ayrshire, a Marsh Sandpiper at Musselburgh Lagoons in Lothian, a Lesser Grey Shrike at Winterton North Dunes in Norfolk, Siberian Stonechats at Grimston in East Yorkshire and at Hawthorn Dene in Co.Durham, a Brown Shrike at North Aywick on Yell in Shetland, an Isabelline Wheatear at Land's End Airport in Cornwall, a Dusky Warbler at Kilnsea in East Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs at Loughor in Glamorgan and at Etton Maxey Pits in Cambridgeshire, a White-winged Scoter at Musselburgh Lagoons in Lothian, a Blue-winged Teal on Mainland in Shetland, and a Laughing Gull at Trabeg in Co.Kerry.
-  Ben Clark, RBA