Tuesday 19th May 2026
	New rarities today consisted of a Thrush Nightingale on Foula in Shetland, a Red-footed Falcon at Bubwith Ings in Yorkshire, a Western Subalpine Warbler and Great Snipe on Fair Isle in Shetland, and a Fea's Petrel off Portland in Dorset. Lingering rarities included two White-winged Scoters and a Black Scoter in Fife, Kentish Plover in Cornwall, Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Staffordshire and Devon, King Eider in Highland, and Lesser Scaup in Buckinghamshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA