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Wednesday 23rd November 2011  
  Two new Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers were discovered today, one at Holme NOA (Norfolk) and another at Wyke Regis (Dorset).

Lingering rarities included Veery in Highland, Greater Yellowlegs in Northumberland, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Cleveland, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset, Glossy Ibises in Dorset and Kent, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Suffolk, Wilson's Snipe and two Dusky Warblers on Isles of Scilly, Bufflehead in Cornwall and Spotted Sandpipers in Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

In Ireland the Least Sandpiper (Co Kerry), American Buff-bellied Pipit (Co Waterford) and Blue-winged Teal (Co Dublin) all lingered.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA