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Monday 1st December 2014  
  New discoveries included an Eastern Black Redstart in North Yorkshire (whilst another lingered on Isles of Scilly), Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll and a White-billed Diver flew past the Yorkshire coastline.

Lingering rarities included Desert Wheatear, Pacific Diver and Dusky Warbler in Cornwall and Lesser Scaup in Powys.

The best of the rest comprised Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Common Rosefinch (Glamorgan), Glossy Ibis (Lincolnshire), Barred Warbler (Dorset), two Cattle Egrets, two American Wigeons, four Richard's Pipits, five Yellow-browed Warblers and seven Great Grey Shrikes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA