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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Monday 13th July 2026  
  The find of the day today was a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater on Papa Westray in Orkney.

New rarities consisted of a Caspian Tern at Marbury Country Park in Cheshire.

Rarities included a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, a King Eider in Shetland, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a Pacific Golden Plover in County Wexford, and an Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham.
-  Ben Clark, RBA