Wednesday 4th November 2026
	New rarities today consisted of a Brown Shrike at Braemore in Highland, an Isabelline Shrike sp at Filey in East Yorkshire, Pied Wheatears at both Filey in North Yorkshire and Spurn in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatears at both Spurn in East Yorkshire and Fair Isle in Shetland, a Subalpine Warbler on Coquet Island in Northumberland, a Hume's Warbler at Cayton in North Yorkshire, a Dusky Warbler at Donna Nook in Lincolnshire, a Coues's Redpoll at Spurn in East Yorkshire, two Red-breasted Geese at Pettinain in Clyde, White-rumped Sandpipers at both the Cashen Estuary in County Kerry and on St Mary's on Scilly and a Black Kite over Thornton in East Yorkshire. Continuing rarities today consisted of Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, Baird's Sandpipers in Essex and County Derry, White-rumped Sandpipers in County Derry (2), Long-billed Dowitcher in County Cork, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford and County Dublin, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, Black-faced Bunting in Shetland, Pied Wheatear on Orkney, Siberian Stonechat in East Yorkshire, Coues's Redpoll in Shetland (3) and East Yorkshire, Hume's Warblers in Shetland, Norfolk, Suffolk and East Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers in East Yorkshire and Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan, Anglesey and Lancashire.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA