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Friday 20th February 2026  
  The new rarity today was a Pallid Harrier in County Cork.

Rarities included an Eastern Black Redstart in Norfolk, Harlequin Duck in County Donegal, Bufflehead in Anglesey, Lesser Scaups in Cheshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Essex, Hume's Warbler in Warwickshire, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, King Eider in Shetland, Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gulls in Scilly and County Kerry, Penduline Tit in Somerset, Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Lesser Yellowlegs in Denbighshire, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, and two Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk.
-  Ben Clark, RBA