Monday 28th September 2026
	New rarities today were a Red-throated Pipit at North Ronaldsay in Orkney, a Black-winged Pratincole at Pilling Lane in Lancashire, a Black Kite over Gwithian in Cornwall, and a Bonaparte's Gull at St Cyrus NR in Aberdeenshire. Rarities included a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Subalpine Warbler sp in Scilly, Semipalmated Sandpipers in Orkney and Hampshire, Baird's Sandpipers in Glamorgan, County Cork and Orkney, a Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Pallid Harriers in Shetland and Merseyside, a King Eider in Shetland, a Ferruginous Duck in Essex, a Citrine Wagtail in Shetland, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Fife, Leicestershire and Somerset.
-  Ben Clark, RBA