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Friday 24th November 2017  
  New discoveries today included a Radde's Warbler at Pitsea, Essex and a Bonaparte's Gull at Weymouth, Dorset, and there was a report of two Cackling Geese at Welney, Norfolk.

Lingering rarities included the Stilt Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, single Dusky Warblers in Cornwall and Scilly, Ferruginous Duck in Leicestershire and single King Eiders in Ceredigion and Highland.

Scarcity highlights included a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Ring-billed Gull, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Little Auk, two Pallas's Warblers, two Richard's Pipits, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Ring-necked Ducks, two American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teals, two Surf Scoters, three Iceland Gulls, three Snow Geese, four Glossy Ibises, nine Lapland Buntings, 13 Shorelarks and 20 Waxwings.

The Shorelark present at Staines Reservoir, Surrey on Sunday was present again today, and is thought to probably be an American Horned Lark.
Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 23rd November 2017  
  Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe and two Coues's Arctic Redpolls on the Shetland Isles, Dusky Warbler still in both Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and the Long-billed Dowitcher still in Kent. 

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Kent), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (North Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Devon), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall) and three Surf Scoters (Cornwall (2) and Lothian).
Chris Batty, RBA
Wednesday 22nd November 2017  
  Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Forster's Tern still in County Galway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, Ferruginous Duck in Leicestershire and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Kent), Barred Warbler (Hampshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Essex), Surf Scoter (Lothian), American Wigeon (Devon), Ring-necked Duck (County Monaghan) and American Golden Plover (Cornwall and Western Isles).
Chris Batty, RBA
Tuesday 21st November 2017  
  Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still on the Shetland Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent and Dusky Warblers in both Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Scarcities included Hoopoe (Dorset), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Richard's Pipit (two together in East Yorkshire), American Golden Plover (Cornwall and Western Isles), Surf Scoter (two together in Cornwall) and four American Wigeons.
Chris Batty, RBA
Sunday 19th November 2017  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Eastern Stonechat species in Kent at Halstow Marsh. Rarities elsewhere comprised Dusky Warblers in both Cornwall (new at Sennen) and the Isles of Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs still in Dorset, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Oxfordshire, Ferruginous Duck in Leicestershire, and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Kent and County Wexford (2).

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Kent), Barred Warbler (Hampshire), Ortolan Bunting (Dorset), Little Bunting (Cornwall), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (East Yorkshire), Corncrake (Gwynedd), and an inland Shorelark (Surrey), four Surf Scoters, and five each of both American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck.
Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 18th November 2017  
  New discoveries today included a Snowy Owl on Eday, Orkney and a Dusky Warbler at Higher Moors, Isles of Scilly, whilst a Lesser Scaup is present for a second day at Farmoor, Oxfordshire.

Lingering rarities included the Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, two Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wexford and one in Kent, Lesser Scaup in County Galway and Ferruginous Duck in Leicestershire.

Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Little Bunting, a Ring-billed Gull, a Lesser Snow Goose, a Rough-legged Buzzard, an American Golden Plover, a Dotterel, a Red-necked Phalarope, two Grey Phalaropes, three Ring-necked Ducks, three American Wigeons, three Green-winged Teals, three Little Auks, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Lapland Buntings, four Surf Scoters and six Shorelarks.
Will Soar, RBA
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