Tuesday 27th October 2026
	Discoveries today included a Baird's Sandpiper in Essex at Abberton Reservoir, a Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall at Walmsley Sanctuary, and in Shetland a Dusky Warbler at Swining, Mainland. Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Rufous-tailed Robin and Isabelline Shrike species in East Yorkshire, Nutcracker, Desert Wheatear, and Radde's Warbler all in Norfolk, Sora in Scilly, Pacific Diver in County Cork, Ross's Goose in Highland, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, American Black Tern in County Dublin, Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, Pallid Harrier in Carmarthenshire, Dusky Warbler in Northumberland, two Coues's Redpolls together in Shetland, and White-rumped Sandpipers in Angus and County Londonderry (2).
-  Chris Batty, RBA