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Saturday 4th July 2026  
  New rarities today consisted of a Ferruginous Duck at Shawell in Leicestershire and a Bonaparte's Gull at Tralee in County Kerry.

Rarities included a Western Reef Heron in Pembrokeshire, a Caspian Tern in Kent, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a Lesser Scaup in Fife, an American Black Tern in Northumberland, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in Orkney, and a Pacific Golden Plover in East Yorkshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA