Thursday 29th October 2026
	Discoveries today included in Norfolk a Nutcracker briefly at Hempstead and a Hume's Warbler at Great Yarmouth, a White-winged Scoter in Lothian at Gullane Point, a Pacific Diver in County Mayo at Derrynameel, an Isabelline Shrike species in County Durham at Whitburn, Radde's Warbler in County Cork at Mizen Head, Dusky Warbler in Orkney on Westray, and a Bonaparte's Gull in Angus at Ferryden. Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Chestnut Bunting, Hume's Warbler, Red-flanked Bluetail, and two Coues's Redpolls in Shetland, two Zitting Cisticolas together in Suffolk, Isabelline Shrike species in East Yorkshire, Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan, Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, Baird's Sandpiper and Ferruginous Duck together in Essex, White-rumped Sandpipers in Angus and County Kerry, and a Dusky Warbler in Norfolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA