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Saturday 20th June 2026  
  The find of the day today was a Pacific Swift which flew north past the bird observatory on Bardsey Island in Gwynedd.

The new rarities today were a Greenish Warbler trapped and ringed at the Calf of Man on the Isle of Man, a 1st summer Bonaparte's Gull at Ballyhogue in County Wexford, a Paddyfield Warbler at Sumburgh on Shetland and a Caspian Tern at Hornsea Mere in East Yorkshire.

Continuing rarities today included Lesser Scaup in Buckinghamshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Western Reef Heron in Conwy, Savi's Warblers in Somerset and Lincolnshire and Great Reed Warbler in Somerset.
Luke Stoppard, RBA
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