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Thursday 7th May 2026  
  The highlights today consisted of the reappearance of a Black-winged Kite at Lessingham in Norfolk, a Squacco Heron at Whitegate in County Cork, an Iberian Chiffchaff confirmed at Durlston Country Park in Dorset, a Subalpine Warbler on St.Agnes, Scilly, and a Black Kite at Steart and Priddy in Somerset.

Lingering rarities included two Spotted Sandpipers in East Sussex, an Elegant Tern in County Galway, a Subalpine Warbler in Scilly, an Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham Red-footed Falcons in Suffolk and Kent, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall.
-  Ben Clark, RBA