Thursday 7th November 2013
	Two of today's headline discoveries were trapped and ringed at English south coast bird observatories - a Dusky Warbler at Portland (Dorset) and Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Dungeness (Kent) - whilst in Gwent a Penduline Tit was at Uskmouth NR and in Cheshire a Bonaparte's Gull roosted at Rostherne Mere. Lingering rarities included Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, White-rumped Sandpiper on Western Isles, Two-barred Crossbill in South Yorkshire and Subalpine Warbler on Isles of Scilly. Ten Glossy Ibises, three Surf Scoters, three Rose-coloured Starlings, two Yellow-browed Warblers, Common Rosefinch and Barred Warbler (East Yorkshire), Richard's Pipit and Red-breasted Flycatcher (Cornwall), Cattle Egret (Kent), Red-backed Shrike (West Sussex) and American Wigeon (Highland) were also recorded.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA