Sunday 18th October 2026
	The find of the day was a Chestnut Bunting at Baltasound on Unst in Shetland. New rarities today conisted of a Ross's Goose at Sandylands in Lancashire, a Greater Yellowlegs at Mullaghmore in County Sligo, a Red-throated Pipit on St Mary's in Scilly, an Isabelline Wheatear at Arbroath in Angus, a Pied Wheatear at Seasalter in Kent, a Rustic Bunting on Dursey Island in County Cork, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Ring Strand in County Cork, a Desert Wheatear at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, a Coues's Redpoll at Wells Woods in Norfolk, Radde's Warblers on St Agnes in Scilly and at Alderton in Suffolk, a Dusky Warbler at Brotton in Cleveland, a Bonaparte's Gull at Kilbrittain in County Cork, and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Lough Beg in County Derry. Rarities included a Rose-breasted Grosbeak still in County Galway, a Blackpoll Warbler in County Mayo, a Sora in Scilly, a Ross's Goose in Highland, a Pacific Diver in County Cork, a Red-eyed Vireo in Scilly, a Pacific Golden Plover on the Isle of Wight, a Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, an Olive-backed Pipit in Northumberland, a Red-flanked Bluetail in Shetland, Bonaparte's Gulls in Northumberland and County Down, White-rumped Sandpipers in County Cork, Scilly and Aberdeenshire, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Lincolnshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA