Thursday 14th November 2013
	An orphean warbler, present for its fifth day in a garden in St Brides (Pembrokeshire), was identified from photographs this evening, having originally been identified as a Lesser Whitethroat. In Norfolk the Thayer's Gull left Cley NWT early morning, having roosted overnight, but failed to make a reappearance this evening. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Two-barred Crossbills in Kent and Surrey, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Northern Harrier in Co Wexford, White-rumped Sandpiper and Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire and Glossy Ibises in Norfolk, Essex and Gloucestershire (2). A Black Kite was reported flying over Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (East Sussex) and in Shetland two White-billed Divers were in Bluemull Sound. The best of the rest included Serin (East Yorkshire), Red-breasted Flycatcher in East Sussex, Richard's Pipit (Dorset) and at least five Parrot Crossbills (Kent and Norfolk [4+]) In Hampshire a dead Myrtle Warbler was found in Southampton Docks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA