Saturday 19th November 2016
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Forster's Tern in Essex. It was as long ago as 2003 when a Forster's Tern was last available in Britain, although the species has been almost ever-present in Ireland over the past thirteen years. Elsewhere new discoveries included Pacific Diver in Co Galway, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co Wexford, Desert Wheatear in Lancashire, White-billed Diver in Norfolk, Arctic Redpoll in Orkney and Red-throated Pipit in Somerset, whilst the Hooded Merganser (Ayrshire), Eastern Black Redstart (Cleveland), Lesser Scaup (Co Galway), Richardson's Cackling Goose (Co Sligo), Long-billed Dowitcher (Co Wexford), Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull and Desert Wheatear (Devon), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Pallid Harrier (East Yorkshire) and four White-billed Divers (Orkney) all lingered.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA