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Wednesday 17th June 2026  
  New rarities today consisted of Red-footed Falcons at Holt in Norfolk, Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire, and SE of Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, and a Northern Harrier at Tullaher Lough and Bog in County Clare.

Rarities included a Western Reef Heron in Conwy, a Caspian Tern in Norfolk, a Savi's Warbler in Somerset, a Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, a Lesser Scaup in Buckinghamshire, and a Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA