Wednesday 2nd September 2026
	Discoveries today included in Scilly a Solitary Sandpiper on Tresco and a Greenish Warbler on St Mary's, a Brown Booby in Fife passing Fife Ness, a Whiskered Tern in Somerset at Shapwick Heath, and a Fea's Petrel species in Cornwall passing Porthgwarra, and a Citrine Wagtail at Rerwick, Mainland, Shetland. Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Long-tailed Shrike along the Gloucestershire/ Oxfordshire border, Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Hudsonian Godwit, Red-footed Falcon and White-rumped Sandpiper all in Suffolk, Elegant Tern in County Kerry, White-throated Sparrow in Fife, Pacific Diver in Highland, Spotted Sandpiper in County Dublin, Baird's Sandpiper in County Clare and County Kerry, Pallid Harrier and Citrine Wagtail in Scilly, and Ferruginous Duck in Hertfordshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA