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Friday 18th November 2016  
  A male Siberian Rubythroat was found on Fair Isle, Shetland today, the latest ever record for Britain and the first to be found outside the month of October. Nearby, a Snowy Owl was reported from Westray, Orkney.

Lingering rarities included the Killdeer and Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in Shetland, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Hooded Merganser in Ayrshire, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Black-bellied Dipper in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo.
-  Will Soar, RBA