Wednesday 12th August 2026
	Discoveries today included Caspian Terns in Forth at Black Devon and East Yorkshire at Kilnsea, a White-rumped Sandpiper in Forth at Skinflats Lagoons, a Bonaparte's Gull in Fife at Tayport, an Alpine Swift in County Kerry at Beale, and in Suffolk the Black Stork reappeared at Aldeburgh. 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 in Norfolk, Hudsonian Godwit and four Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk, Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, and Bonaparte's Gulls in both Gloucestershire and Kent.
-  Chris Batty, RBA