Friday 18th September 2026
	A Booted Eagle flew high west over East Soar in Devon this morning and there were two new Baird's Sandpipers in Ireland, one in County Cork and one in County Wexford. Lingering rarities included the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler and Greenish Warbler, both on Gugh on the Isles of Scilly, the Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Baird's Sandpipers in Glamorgan, Moray and County Antrim, Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire and Cleveland, Wilson's Phalarope in Aberdeenshire, Long-billed Dowitcher on Orkney, American Black Tern on Shetland and Ferruginous Duck in Oxfordshire.
-  Pete Hayman, RBA