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Sunday 22nd March 2026  
  The new rarities today were a Ferruginous Duck at Carlton Marshes in Suffolk and a Bonaparte's Gull at Lough Beg in County Derry.

Continuing rarities today included American Bittern in County Cork, Harlequin Duck in County Donegal, Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, White-winged Scoters in Lothian and Fife, Lesser Scaup in Surrey, Worcestershire (2) and Essex (2), Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Pacific Divers in County Mayo and County Clare, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Denbighshire, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Bonaparte's Gulls in Devon, Cornwall and Shetland, Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Pallid Harrier in Carmarthenshire, Zitting Cisticola in Suffolk, Hume's Warbler in Suffolk, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Red-flanked Bluetail in Kent and Oriental Turtle Dove in County Antrim.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA