Tuesday 3rd March 2026
	The highlight of the day was a Black-browed Albatross passing Pendeen Watch, Cornwall. Elsewhere in Britain Forster's Tern and Red-rumped Swallow were still in Dorset, two Zitting Cisticolas and Hume's Warbler were still in Suffolk, White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Hume's Warbler and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan, Red-flanked Bluetail in Kent, Long-billed Dowitcher in Angus, Bonaparte's Gull, Dusky Warbler, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gulls in Shetland and the Western Isles, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, and Lesser Scaups in Essex and Worcestershire (2). In Ireland Harlequin Duck and Pacific Diver remained in County Donegal, as did Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Clare and Lesser Scaup in County Wexford.
-  Chris Batty, RBA