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Sunday 7th November 2010  
  A smart first-winter Brown Shrike was found this afternoon at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, where it remained until dusk. It appears that this species is now commoner in Britain than Isabelline Shrike! A female King Eider also flew past Flamborough Head, whilst further north, a Squacco Heron was in the centre of Morpeth, Northumberland, for its second day. A Little Bunting was present at Spurn, Yorkshire briefly, a rare wildfowl included a drake Lesser Scaup in Cardiff, Glamorgan and a Ferruginous Duck at Shapwick Heath, Somerset.

There was no sign of the American Bittern in Cornwall, but the Green Heron remained in the county. Other lingering rarities included Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Glossy Ibises and American Golden Plovers in both Norfolk and Devon, Semipalmated Sandpiper and House Crow in County Cork, Dusky Warbler in Isles of Scilly, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, Lesser Scaup in County Sligo, King Eiders in Shetland and Suffolk and Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire.

Scarcity highlights included two Serins (including one on Shetland), Red-breasted Flycatcher, Pallas's Warbler, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Richard's Pipits, nine Leach's Petrels, three Sabine's Gulls and 11 Grey Phalaropes and many thousands of Waxwings.
Will Soar, RBA
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