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Friday 15th November 2013  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Orphean Warbler species in Pembrokeshire at Orlandon, where it showed throughout the day. In Northumberland a Lesser Grey Shrike was identified at Long Nanny, and in Norfolk a Northern Harrier a Welney has presumably relocated from the contiguous Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire.

Elsewhere, rarities comprised both Pied-billed Grebe and Black Duck still in County Mayo, Two-barred Crossbill in Norfolk, Siberian Stonechat on the Orkney Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Red-breasted Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs all in Hampshire, King Eider in Moray, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in County Galway, County Kerry and Somerset, and Glossy Ibis in Gloucestershire (2), Kent and Nottinghamshire.

Scarcities included 11 Parrot Crossbills (10 in Norfolk and one in Kent), Golden Oriole (County Down), Serin (East Yorkshire), Richard's Pipit (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Isles of Scilly), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Highland), Ring-necked Duck (Leicestershire), two each of Barred Warbler, Surf Scoter and Lesser Snow Goose, three each of both Shorelark and Great Grey Shrike, and a total of 32 Lapland Buntings.
Chris Batty, RBA
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