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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Saturday 31st October 2026  
  The new rarities today were a Greater Yellowlegs at Easington in East Yorkshire, Isabelline Wheatear on Skokholm in Pembrokeshire, Radde's Warbler on Inishbofin in County Galway, Desert Wheatear at St Agnes Head in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs at Kilbrittain in County Cork and Tacumshin in County Wexford, Siberian Stonechat on Yell in Shetland, Dusky Warbler on Whalsay in Shetland, Black Kite at Uwchmynydd in Gwynedd and Bonaparte's Gull at Fishlake Meadows in Hampshire.

Rarities included a Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, Sora on Scilly, Olive-backed Pipit in Shetland, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Shetland, Wilson's Snipe on Scilly, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, White-rumped Sandpipers in County Kerry and County Wexford (two), Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, Isabelline Wheatear in Norfolk, Hume's Warbler in Suffolk, Dusky Warbler on Fair Isle, Cackling Goose in Argyll, Ross's Goose in Highland, Pacific Diver in County Cork, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Bonaparte's Gulls in Angus and Northumberland, Zitting Cisticolas in Suffolk and Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan.
-  Ben Clark, RBA