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Saturday 4th December 2010  
  In Kent, a Penduline Tit was once again in front of the Hanson Hide at Dungeness RSPB, the first sighting here since 27th October. A Glossy Ibis flew over near Axbridge, Somerset and a Northern Long-tailed Tit was seen at Sculthorpe Moor, Norfolk, having been present for several days.

Other lingering rarities included Blue-winged Teals in Dumfries and Galloway and County Dublin, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, House Crow in County Cork, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Cambridgeshire, Glossy Ibis in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Lesser Scaups in Orkney and Glamorgan.

Apart from Waxwings, the National channel was fairly quiet, with highlights being a Surf Scoter, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, at least three Rough-legged Buzzards and four Grey Phalaropes.

A Turtle Dove remained in a garden in Cornwall, as did the Chough in the Isle of Wight, whilst two Eider were seen in Berkshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA
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
Wednesday 1st December 2010  
  Long staying rarities confirmed as still present today included the Green Heron at Pentewan, Cornwall, the House Crow at Cobh, County Cork and the Long-billed Dowitcher at Lodmoor, Dorset. The adult Glossy Ibis was also still near Dunraven Bay, Glamorgan.

Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch in Gwynedd, a Grey Phalarope in Lothian, a Surf Scoter in Devon, a Great Grey Shrike in Lancashire, a Cattle Egret in Gloucestershire, two Great White Egrets and five Rough-legged Buzzards.

A Stone Curlew on the Farne Islands, Northumberland was a remarkable record, as was a report of a Golden Oriole in Yorkshire. Two Ospreys, in Lincolnshire and Devon, were also very unseasonable. Several Pomarine Skuas were seen in inner London, with flocks of Tundra Bean Geese and Eider also seen over the city.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Tuesday 30th November 2010  
  The highlight of the day was confirmation of the presence of a white morph Gyr in County Sligo at Drumcliff Bay. First suspected nearby on 28th November, it is perhaps the same individual that was present in that general area between 5th December 2009 and 17th January 2010.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Green Heron in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Glossy Ibis in Glamorgan and a Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll.

Scarcities included seven each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Shorelark, three each of Yellow-browed Warbler and Glaucous Gull, two each of Iceland Gull and Caspian Gull, and single Pallas's Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Common Rosefinch (Gwynedd), Surf Scoter (Devon), Ring-necked Duck (Buckinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull (West Yorkshire), Great White Egret (Northamptonshire) and Great Grey Shrike (Dorset). Waxwings were reported from 42 counties.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Sunday 28th November 2010  
  Four of the five new rarities today were wildfowl, and included two Ferruginous Ducks, a female in Burgess Park, London and another at Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset, a Black Duck in Bangor, County Down and a Ross's Goose at Holkham, Norfolk. A Coues's Arctic Redpoll was seen in Cley, Norfolk twice before it flew west.

Lingering rarities included an American Coot in County Mayo, a Blue-winged Teal in Dumfries and Galloway, a Northern Harrier in Norfolk, a Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, a Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire and a Forster's Tern in County Galway.

Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a  Surf Scoter, a Grey Phalarope, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Common Rosefinches, two Great White Egrets, two Cattle Egrets,  three Ring-billed Gulls and six Great Grey Shrike.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Saturday 27th November 2010  
  In Dumfries and Galloway, a drake Blue-winged Teal was present for its second day at Threave Castle, near Castle Douglas. Further south, both Northern Harriers remained in situ, in Norfolk and County Wexford, as did the American Coot in County Mayo, House Crow and American Golden Plover in County Cork, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire, Ferruginous Duck in County Down and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Cambridgeshire.

News of a first-winter drake Baikal Teal at Cambourne, Cambridgeshire was quickly corrected, when photos were released which clearly showed a hybrid.

Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch in Glamorgan, a Hoopoe in Dorset, a Cattle Egret and Surf Scoter in Devon, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, four Grey Phalaropes and six Great White Egrets.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Friday 26th November 2010  
  In Norfolk, a Penduline Tit was seen briefly at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB, whilst in the same county the juvenile male Northern Harrier remained in the Thornham area. Other long staying rarities seen today included Green Heron in Cornwall, American Coot in County Mayo, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset and Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire.

Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe in Dorset, a Richard's Pipit in Glamorgan, a Rough-legged Buzzard in Lincolnshire, a Cattle Egret in Devon, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Grey Phalaropes, two Surf Scoters, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Great White Egrets and three Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 25th November 2010  
  The highlight of the day was confirmation of the identity of the Northern Harrier in Norfolk. Present along the North Norfolk coast since October, it showed again today between Thornham and Titchwell.

Elsewhere, rarities comprised the Green Heron still in Cornwall, Northern Harrier and Glossy Ibis together in County Wexford, House Crow in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire, Blue-winged Teal in County Tipperary, two Glossy Ibises together in Devon and a Northern Long-tailed Tit discovered at Wishaw, Clyde.

Scarcities comprised four Rough-legged Buzzards, three Great White Egrets, two Ring-billed Gulls and single Surf Scoter, Serin and Cattle Egret (all Devon), Hoopoe (Dorset), Ring-necked Duck (County Cork), Black Brant (West Sussex), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), Green-winged Teal (County Antrim), Dotterel (Dumfries and Galloway) and Greenland Redpoll (Isles of Scilly). Waxwings were noted in 34 counties.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
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