Wednesday 14th October 2026
	New rarities today consisted of an Isabelline Shrike sp on St Mary's in Scilly, White-rumped Sandpipers at Lissagriffin in County Cork, Seafield in County Clare and Bryher on Scilly, a Bonaparte's Gull at Fishguard in Pembrokeshire, a Red-throated Pipit on St Mary's in Scilly, an American Black Tern at Sandycove in County Dublin and a Lesser Scaup at Hornsea Mere in East Yorkshire. Continuing rarities today consisted of Pacific Golden Plover on Isle of Wight, Wilson's Snipe on Scilly, Baird's Sandpiper in Cornwall, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Fife and East Yorkshire, Sora on Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland and County Down, Rose-breasted Grosbeak in County Galway, Grey-cheeked Thrush in Shetland, American Pipit in County Antrim, Red-eyed Vireo on Scilly, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Shetland and Black-winged Kite in Norfolk.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA