Thursday 3rd November 2016
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a second Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, at Hartlepool Headland, with the lingering bird still present at Skinningrove. Other eastern rarities comprised the Isabelline Wheatear still in Norfolk, Dusky Warblers in both Cornwall and the Shetland Isles, and Pallas's Warblers in Glamorgan and Gywnedd. Other rarities noted were the Red-eyed Vireo still on the Isles of Scilly, Western Purple Swamphen and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, a King Eider in Moray, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Dorset and Somerset, Ferruginous Duck in Hertfordshire and Black-bellied Dipper in Suffolk.  Scarcities included Red-breasted Flycatcher (County Cork), American Golden Plover (Cornwall) and Serin (Dorset and Essex). Waxwings continue to arrive with birds recorded in 20 counties, and aggregations including 18 in Cleveland, 19 in Northumberland, 28 in North Yorkshire and 223 over-flying Hunstanton, Norfolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA