Friday 2nd October 2026
	The find of the day today was a Sora on Porth Hellick Pool on St Mary's in Scilly. New rarities today consisted of a Two-barred Greenish Warbler on North Ronaldsay in Orkney, Pallid Harriers at both Seabank in County Louth and Loch Lomond RSPB in Clyde, Olive-backed Pipits at two sites on Mainland Shetland, Fair Isle and at South Shields in County Durham, a Red-flanked Bluetail on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, Baird's Sandpipers at both Fairburn Ings in West Yorkshire and Seafield in County Clare and a Bonelli's Warbler sp on St Martin's in Scilly. Continuing rarities today consisted of King Eider in Shetland, White-winged Scoter in Angus, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Baird's Sandpipers in Orkney, Semipalmated Sandpipers in Western Isles and Hampshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset and Leicestershire, Black Stork in Suffolk, Rustic Bunting on Orkney, Red-throated Pipit in Scilly, Eastern Stonechat in Shetland, Pallid Harrier in Merseyside and Black Kite in Cornwall.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA