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Sunday 4th November 2018  
  Bird of the day was a Dusky Thrush in Yorkshire, which briefly visited the garden which hosted the Siberian Accentor in Easington before flying off. Other new discoveries today included a Snowy Owl at North Roe, Shetland, a Bonaparte's Gull at Dale, Pembrokeshire, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Tacumshin, County Wexford, a White-billed Diver off Brixham, Devon and single Pallid Swifts at North Foreland, Kent and Skokholm, Pembrokeshire.

Lingering rarities included Eastern Stonechat species and King Eider in Norfolk, Pied Wheatear in Shetland, Blyth's Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit and Dusky Warbler in Scilly, White-billed Diver in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Sussex and Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Durham, three White-rumped Sandpipers in County Derry and two in County Wexford, Black Scoter in Northumberland and Lesser Scaup in Anglesey.
-  Will Soar, RBA