Thursday 2nd December 2010
	The highlight of the day was the confirmation of both a Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler and a Coues's Arctic Redpoll together in Wells Woods, Norfolk; the Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler having been suspected on 29th November, and the Coues's Arctic Redpoll being first noted yesterday. Elsewhere, in Kent a Red-breasted Goose flew west past Dungeness with Dark-bellied Brent Geese, and on the Orkney Isles a Lesser Scaup was identified in Holm, having already been present on Ayre Loch for five days. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, Glossy Ibis in Glamorgan and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. Scarcities included 19 Lapland Buntings, five Glaucous Gulls, four Iceland Gulls, three Rough-legged Buzzards, Surf Scoter (Devon), Hoopoe (Dorset) and a Shorelark (Ayrshire). Waxwings were recorded from 41 counties.
-  Chris Batty, RBA