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Tuesday 22nd November 2011  
  The only new rarity today was another American Buff-bellied Pipit, this time at Ballinclamper, County Waterford, where it represented the second for both site and county.

Lingering rarity highlights seen today included the Veery on Muck, Highland, Greater Yellowlegs at Cresswell, Northumberland, Bufflehead at Helston, Cornwall, Northern Waterthrush and Wilson's Snipe at Lower Moors, Isles of Scilly, Least Sandpiper in County Kerry and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Chew Valley lake, Somerset.

Other rarities included Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Suffolk, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Cleveland, two Dusky Warblers in Cornwall, single Desert Wheatears in Devon and Cornwall, single Red-breasted Geese in Devon and Essex, two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Anglesey, single Spotted Sandpipers in Somerset, Devon and Dorset and single Glossy Ibises in Kent and Dorset.
-  Will Soar, RBA