Wednesday 14th November 2012
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Fife, American Buff-bellied Pipit in County Down, Dusky Warbler in Dorset, four Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls together on the Shetland Isles, Hooded Merganser in West Sussex, Red-breasted Geese in both Argyll and Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Gloucestershire and Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Staffordshire, American Golden Plover in County Wexford, Lesser Scaups in both County Clare and Somerset, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll (2) and the Western Isles, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, and Black-bellied Dipper and Ross's Goose in Norfolk. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Dorset and Kent), Barred Warbler (Fife and Kent), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Norfolk), Serin (Isles of Scilly), Yellow-browed Warbler (Dorset and Pembrokeshire), American Wigeon (West Yorkshire), Sury Scoter (two in Conwy), Ring-necked Duck (Devon and Pembrokeshire). Waxwings were recorded across 41 counties between the Western Isles, Aberdeenshire, Ceredigion and Kent, with site maximum counts including 300 in both Highland and Northumberland, 270 in Clyde, 200 in North Yorkshire, 150 in Forth and West Yorkshire, and 120 in South Yorkshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA