Wednesday 16th November 2016
	Rarities today comprised both the Killdeer and Western Rufous Turtle Dove still on the Shetland Isles, the American Coot on the Western Isles, Hooded Merganser in Ayrshire, both Desert Wheatear and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Black-bellied Dipper still in Suffolk, and in East Yorkshire the Pallid Harrier retrurned to Welwick. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), American Wigeon (Angus), Glossy Ibis (Essex), Ring-necked Duck (Kent and Perthshire), and a total of 24 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA