Tuesday 11th August 2026
	Rarities today comprised the Long-tailed Shrike still along the Gloucestershire/ Oxfordshire border, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater and Semipalmated Sandpiper both still together in Orkney, Black-winged Kite still in Norfolk, Hudsonian Godwit, Hooded Merganser, and four Zitting Cisticolas all in Suffolk, Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in Fife, and Ferruginous Duck in Northamptonshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA