Sunday 26th November 2006
	An adult Laughing Gull roosted at Amwell Gravel Pits, Hertfordshire this evening, presumably the bird seen recently at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire. A couple of Pallas's Warblers (at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire and Durlston Castle, Dorset) were both excellent late November finds, especially considering the dearth of records during the main autumn period. Yellow-browed Warblers could be found at Marazion, Cornwall, Beer, Devon and Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. The splendid drake Barrow's Goldeneye continued to attract attention in Forth, as did several other long stayers, such as Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis, Spotted Sandpiper and pair of Red-breasted Geese. The juvenile American Golden Plover was at Newbiggin for its second day and in County Wexford, a White-rumped Sandpiper was located at North Slob WWR. An adult Bonaparte's Gull made another brief appearance near Lunan Bay, Angus.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA