Saturday 11th April 2026
	Discoveries today in Britain included a Kentish Plover in Suffolk at Havergate Island, and in London a Red-rumped Swallow at King George V Reservoir. Elsewhere both Stejneger's Scoter and White-winged Scoter remained in Fife, as did the Marsh Sandpiper in County Durham, Hooded Merganser, Hume's Warbler, and Ferruginous Duck all in Warwickshire, Hume's Warbler in Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gulls in Dorset, Essex, and Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, and Lesser Scaups in Buckinghamshire, Shropshire, and Worcestershire (2). In Ireland the American Bittern was still in County Cork where an Alpine Swift was seen briefly, the Harlequin Duck remained in County Donegal, the American Coot in County Wexford, and Lesser Yellowlegs in County Antrim.
-  Chris Batty, RBA