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Thursday 30th November 2017  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Snowy Owl on the Isles of Scilly on Bryher. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Pacific Diver still in Cornwall, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and King Eider on the Shetland Isles.

Scarcities included 46 Parrot Crossbills (30 in Norfolk and 16 in Berkshire), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (Pembrokeshire) and Richard's Pipit (Suffolk).
-  Chris Batty, RBA