Monday 12th October 2026
	New rarities today were an American Pipit on Rathlin Island in County Antrim, a Red-throated Pipit at Bempton Cliffs RSPB in East Yorkshire, a Radde's Warbler at Chalk Bank, Spurn in East Yorkshire, and a Red-flanked Bluetail at Burrafirth on Unst in Shetland. Rarities included a Wilson's Snipe in Scilly, a Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in County Galway, a Grey-cheeked Thrush in Shetland, a Sora in Scilly, a Ross's Goose in Highland, a White-winged Scoter in Angus, a Western Bonelli's Warbler in Shetland, a Baird's Sandpiper in Cornwall, a Long-billed Dowitcher in the Western Isles, a Hornemann's Redpoll in Shetland, an Olive-backed Pipit in Argyll, a White-rumped Sandpiper in County Wexford, and a Lesser Yellowlegs in East Yorkshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA