Sunday 27th September 2026
	New rarities today were two American Pipits on South Uist in the Western Isles, two Baird's Sandpipers also on South Uist, a Pallid Harrier at Marshside RSPB in Merseyside, a Long-billed Dowitcher on South Uist, Western Isles, and an Olive-backed Pipit at Levenwick in Shetland. Rarities included a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, an Upland Sandpiper in Scilly, a White-winged Scoter in Angus, an American Pipit in Orkney, Semipalmated Sandpipers in Hampshire and County Kerry, further Baird's Sandpipers in Glamorgan and County Cork, a Hume's Warbler in County Waterford, a Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, a King Eider in Shetland, Ferruginous Ducks in Essex and Oxfordshire, a Citrine Wagtail in Shetland, and further Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire and Somerset.
-  Ben Clark, RBA