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Sunday 6th September 2026  
  The notable news today was the continuation of the Egyptian Nightjar at Virkie in Shetland, where it showed well dawn till dusk.

New rarities included an exceptional seawatching haul off County Cork with Barolo Shearwaters and Fea's Petrel sp records at Galley Head, Seven Heads, Toe Head and Brow Head, plus a Barolo Shearwater off Skomer in Pembrokeshire, a Long-billed Dowitcher on North Ronaldsay in Orkney, a Baird's Sandpiper at The Gearagh in County Cork, a Fea's Petrel sp at the Isle of Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway, and a Brown Booby at North Foreland in Kent.

Rarities were a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Long-tailed Shrike on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border, a Solitary Sandpiper in Scilly, Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk, Fea's Petrel sp at the Isle of Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway, a White-throated Sparrow in Fife, a reported Black Stork in Essex, Baird's Sandpipers in County Wexford, County Mayo and County Donegal, a Pallid Harrier in Shetland, a Long-billed Dowitcher in Orkney, and Ferruginous Ducks in Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, and a Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk.
Ben Clark, RBA