Wednesday 18th March 2026
	In Britain rarities today comprised the Ross's Gull still in Argyll, Black-winged Kite still in Norfolk, Stejneger's Scoter still in Fife, Canvasback and two Lesser Scaups together in Essex, Zitting Cisticola and Hume's Warbler in Suffolk, Forster's Tern in Dorset, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan, Hume's Warbler and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Kent, Long-billed Dowitcher in Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs in Denbighshire, and in Cornwall Lesser Yellowlegs, Dusky Warbler, and two Bonaparte's Gulls. In Ireland the Eastern Oriental Turtle Dove remains in County Antrim, the Harlequin Duck is still in County Donegal, and Ferruginous Duck still in County Tyrone.
-  Chris Batty, RBA