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Wednesday 20th November 2013  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Western Orphean Warbler in Pembrokeshire at Orlandon Kilns. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the Short-billed Dowitcher still on the Orkney Isles, Lesser Grey Shrike in Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat on the Isles of Scilly, five Two-barred Crossbills and two Glossy Ibises in Gloucestershire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, and on the Shetland Isles both King Eider and White-billed Diver.

Scarcities included four Great Grey Shrikes, two Ring-necked Ducks (County Donegal and Northamptonshire), Parrot Crossbill (Hampshire), Serin (East Yorkshire), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (Merseyside) and Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon).
-  Chris Batty, RBA