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Saturday 2nd November 2013  
  Mega seabirds today included an immature Black-browed Albatross past Bass Point, Cornwall, and a Fea's Petrel past Ballycotton, County Cork. A white Gyr was seen at Evie, Orkney briefly, and a Red-throated Pipit was at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Other new discoveries included a Little Bunting at Quendale, Shetland and a White-rumped Sandpiper and an American Golden Plover at Ballycotton, County Cork (with another of the former at Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire and another of the latter at Kirkistown, County Down). Glossy Ibises were found at Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Nosterfield NR, Yorkshire (seven) and Lower Moor, Worcestershire (two).

Lingering Mega rarities included the Cape May Warbler on Shetland and Mourning Dove in Highland, but there was no sign of the Hermit Thrush in Cornwall. Other lingering rarities included the Dusky Warbler in West Midlands, Sardinian Warbler in Borders, Subalpine Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, Olive-backed Pipit and Black-bellied Dipper on Shetland, Northern Harrier in Cambridgeshire, and three White-rumped Sandpipers in Cornwall.
Will Soar, RBA
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