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Sunday 11th November 2012  
  A Little Bunting at Seckington, Warwickshire was the third record for the county. An Azorean Yellow-legged Gull was in the Wintersett Reservoir roost at Anglers' Country Park, Yorkshire, whilst other new rarities included a White-rumped Sandpiper at Baltimore, County Cork and a Long-billed Dowitcher on North Uist, Western Isles.

Lingering rarities included the Hooded Merganser in Sussex, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Fife, a single Penduline Tit in Kent, Bee-eater in County Durham, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls in Shetland, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs' in Devon and Lancashire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Northumberland and Gloucestershire, Lesser Scaups in County Clare, County Kerry and Somerset, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire and a Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire.

Waxwings were seen in 47 counties, with triple figure counts coming from Sheffield, South Yorkshire (100+), Gosforth (120) and West Allotment (200+), Northumberland, York, North Yorkshire (285+), Edinburgh (150) and Drem (100), Lothian, Castletown, Highland (100), Horwich, Greater Manchester (121), Stirling, Forth (100), Hull, East Yorkshire (100), Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway (118), Llandudno, Conwy (200+), Stcokton-on-Tees, Cleveland (130), Saltcoats, Ayr (100) and Kincorth, Aberdeenshire (153).
-  Will Soar, RBA