Tuesday 6th October 2026
	New rarities today were the confirmation of a Wilson's Snipe at Lower Moors on St Mary's, Scilly, an American Pipit and Rustic Bunting both on St Agnes in Scilly, an Arctic Warbler at Fladdabister in Shetland, a Citrine Wagtail at St Kilda in the Western Isles, a Black Kite over Littlestone-on-Sea in Kent, a Radde's Warbler at Thorpeness in Suffolk, a Greenish Warbler near Veensgarth in Shetland, White-rumped Sandpipers at Claggan Island in County Mayo, on Lewis in the Western Isles, on Westray in Orkney, and at Dundee, in Angus, also new today was a Lesser Yellowlegs at Termoncarragh Lough on The Mullet in County Mayo. Rarities included a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, two Soras in Scilly, a White-winged Scoter in Angus, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in the Western Isles, a Siberian Stonechat in Shetland, further Baird's Sandpipers in West Yorkshire and Orkney, a Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Pallid Harriers in Aberdeenshire, Lancashire and Shetland, a Long-billed Dowitcher in Orkney, a Ferruginous Duck in Hertfordshire, Olive-backed Pipits in Shetland, a Red-flanked Bluetail in Orkney, a Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and further Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork, Leicestershire, the Western Isles and East Yorkshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA