Tuesday 3rd November 2026
	The new rarities today were a Black-faced Bunting on Fair Isle in Shetland, Hume's Warblers at Buckton in East Yorkshire and Holkham Pines in Norfolk, Isabelline Wheatear at Dungeness in Kent, Desert Wheatear at Weston Shore in Hampshire, Siberian Stonechat at Easington in East Yorkshire, White-rumped Sandpiper on North Ronaldsay in Orkney, Dusky Warblers at Spurn in East Yorkshire and on St Mary's in Scilly, Coues's Redpolls at Hillwell in Shetland (two), Filey in North Yorkshire and North Foreland in Kent, Lesser Scaup at Abberton Reservoir in Essex. Rarities included a Long-billed Dowitcher in County Cork, Pied Wheatear in Orkney, Red-flanked Bluetail in Shetland, Pacific Golden Plover on the Isle of Wight, Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, White-rumped Sandpipers in County Derry (two), Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford and County Dublin, Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan, Anglesey and Lancashire, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Cackling Goose in Norfolk, Dusky Warbler on Whalsay, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and a Bonaparte's Gull in Angus.
-  Ben Clark, RBA