Monday 16th February 2026
	Rarities today comprised Redhead and Bonaparte's Gull both still in County Kerry, three Zitting Cisticolas and Hume's Warbler still in Suffolk, Bufflehead in Anglesey, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Eastern Black Redstart in Norfolk, Black Scoter in Highland, Red-breasted Goose and Richardson's Cackling Goose together in Argyll, King Eider in Shetland, Richardson's Cackling Geese in Dumfries and Galloway and County Sligo (2), Red-flanked Bluetail in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Denbighshire, Ferruginous Duck in Hertfordshire, and Lesser Scaups in Cheshire, County Cork, Cornwall (2), Essex, and Surrey.
-  Chris Batty, RBA