Saturday 22nd August 2026
	The new rarities today were a Western Bonelli's Warbler at Lundy in Devon, a Blyth's Reed Warbler trapped and ringed in Shetland, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper at The Mullet in County Mayo, and a White-rumped Sandpiper at Benacre Broad in Suffolk. Continuing rarities included a Franklin's Gull on the Isle of Wight, White-winged Scoters in Lothian, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk, Ferruginous Ducks in Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, a Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, a Long-tailed Shrike on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border, a Hudsonian Godwit at Cattawade on the Suffolk/Essex border, a Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, a Citrine Wagtail in Shetland, and a Black Stork in Suffolk.
-  Ben Clark, RBA