Monday 13th April 2026
	The new rarities today were an Iberian Chiffchaff at Hardwick Hall Country Park, County Durham, and a Lesser Scaup at Wilstone Resr in Hertfordshire. Rarities included Lesser Scaups in Shropshire and Worcestershire, Hume's Warbler in Suffolk, Hooded Merganser in Warwickshire, Marsh Sandpiper in County Durham, Bonaparte's Gulls in Cornwall, Dorset, Essex, Lancashire, and County Galway, Stejneger's Scoter in Fife, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Black-throated Thrush in Lothian, Pacific Diver in County Mayo, Zitting Cisticola in Suffolk, Harlequin Duck in County Donegal, and American Bittern and American Coot in County Cork and County Wexford respectively.
-  Ben Clark, RBA