Thursday 5th November 2026
	The megas(!) today were a Taiga Flycatcher at Kilnsea in East Yorkshire and a Crag Martin at Cox's Stack in Angus. The new rarities today consisted of a Bonelli's Warbler at Easington in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatear at Ballycotton in County Cork, Isabelline Wheatear at Mains of Slains in Aberdeenshire, Olive-backed Pipit on Fair Isle in Shetland, Hume's Warblers at Walberswick in Suffolk (two), Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire, and Kilnsea and Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs at Harper's Island in County Cork, Eastern Black Redstart at Anderby Creek in Lincolnshire, Dusky Warblers at Blackhall Rocks in County Durham and Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire and Coues's Redpolls at Easington and Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire, East Ruston in Norfolk (5+), Donna Nook in Lincolnshire and Swalecliffe in Kent. Rarities included a Brown Shrike in Highland, Pied Wheatears in East Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Shetland, Spotted Sandpiper in West Yorkshire, White-rumped Sandpipers in County Kerry and Orkney, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Siberian Stonechat in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatears in East Yorkshire and Shetland, Dusky Warblers in East Yorkshire and Scilly, Hume's Warblers in Norfolk (two) and Shetland, Coues's Redpoll in East Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford and County Dublin, Red-breasted Geese in Clyde (two), Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk (two), Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan and Lancashire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA