Thursday 15th October 2026
	New rarities today were a Blackpoll Warbler at Castlebay on Barra in the Western Isles, a Ross's Goose at Dingwall Bay in Highland, a Red-throated Pipit at Pelistry Bay on St Mary's in Scilly, a Hornemann's Redpoll at Lerwick in Shetland, a Citrine Wagtail at Tacumshin in County Wexford, an Olive-backed Pipit at Hengistbury Head in Dorset, White-rumped Sandpipers at Tacumshin in County Wexford and Ring Strand in County Cork, and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Woodhall Spa Airfield in Lincolnshire. Rarities included an Isabelline Shrike sp in Scilly, a Wilson's Snipe in Scilly, a Double-crested Cormorant in County Galway, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in County Galway, a Sora in Scilly, a Western Bonelli's Warbler in Shetland, an American Pipit in County Antrim, a Pacific Golden Plover on the Isle of Wight, a King Eider in Shetland, a Long-billed Dowitcher in the Western Isles, an American Black Tern in County Dublin, an Olive-backed Pipit in Argyll, a White-rumped Sandpiper in County Clare and in County Cork, and a Lesser Yellowlegs in County Donegal.
-  Ben Clark, RBA