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Friday 17th October 2025  
  In Kent, a Hume's Warbler was found at Bockhill Farm and a Radde's Warbler was at Ramsgate. The Pallid Harrier returned to Wells, Norfolk and new White-rumped Sandpipers were found at Rosscarbery, County Cork, Malltraeth, Anglesey and two were found at both Ardvule, Western Isles and Montrose, Angus (the latter duo joining the three already present with the Long-billed Dowitcher).

Other lingering rarities included the Blackpoll Warbler in Shetland, American Pipits in Scilly and County Galway, Hume's Warbler and Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Baikal Teal in Dorset, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Yorkshire, two Northern Harriers, Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper and five White-rumped Sandpipers in County Wexford, other Lesser Yellowlegs and White-rumped Sandpipers in Cornwall and Western Isles, another of the former in County Louth, three more of the latter in County Derry and one in County Clare, Baird's Sandpiper in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in Scilly, Marsh Sandpiper in Lothian, Pacific Diver in County Cork, White-billed Diver in Fife, Ross's Goose in Merseyside and Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan.
Will Soar, RBA
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