Sunday 27th November 2016
	Rarities today comprised the Killdeer still on the Shetland Islses, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Hooded Merganser in Ayrshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in County Clare, Lesser Scaup and five White-billed Divers on the Orkney Isles. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), Glossy Ibis (Cambridgeshire and Leicestershire), three each of American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, 14 Cattle Egrets, and 31 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA