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Thursday 24th September 2026  
  New rarities today were an American Pipit in Orkney, a Pallid Harrier on Unst in Shetland, a Citrine Wagtail at Quendale in Shetland, a Long-billed Dowitcher at Lady's Island Lake in County Wexford, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Guardbridge in Fife, and more Baird's Sandpipers in County Cork, County Galway, County Wexford and County Kerry.

Rarities included a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Swainson's Thrush in County Galway, an American Pipit in Shetland, a Booted Warbler in Cornwall, a Black Stork in Suffolk, Semipalmated Sandpipers in Hampshire and County Kerry, further Baird's Sandpipers in Cheshire and Shetland, a King Eider in Shetland, a Ferruginous Duck in Essex, an American Black Tern in Shetland, and further Lesser Yellowlegs in the Western Isles, Somerset and Leicestershire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA