Saturday 8th August 2026
	Discoveries today included, in Ireland, a Fea's Petrel species passing Bridges of Ross, County Clare, and a White-rumped Sandpiper at Rosslare Back Strand, County Wexford.  Continuing rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Long-tailed Shrike along the Gloucestershire/ Oxfordshire border, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater in Orkney, Black-winged Kite and Black Stork in Norfolk, Hudsonian Godwit and two Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk, White-throated Sparrow in Fife, Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, American Black Tern in Northumberland, and the Red-footed Falcon in Lothian.
-  Chris Batty, RBA