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