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Saturday 6th June 2026  
  The find of the day today was an astonishing Western Reef Heron at Foryd Bay in Gwynedd.

The new rarity was a Squacco Heron at Crowland in Lincolnshire.

Rarities included a a Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, a Greenish Warbler in Shetland, a King Eider in Shetland, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, Red-footed Falcons in County Louth and Suffolk, a White-winged Scoter in Fife, a Lesser Scaup in Buckinghamshire, a Woodchat Shrike in Anglesey, a Bonaparte's Gull in Aberdeenshire, and a Red-breasted Flycatcher in Highland.
-  Ben Clark, RBA