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Saturday 10th November 2018  
  New discoveries included a Penduline Tit in London, White-billed Diver in Northumberland, Baird's Sandpiper in Co Wexford and Pallid Swifts in Gwent and Kent, whilst unidentified Pallid or Common Swifts were logged in Aberdeenshire, Co Durham, Dorset, East Sussex, Kent, Norfolk, West Sussex and Worcestershire.

Lingering rarities included Lesser Scaup (Anglesey), Dusky Warblers (Co Durham and Isles of Scilly), Spotted Sandpiper (Co Durham), Forster's Tern (Co Galway), Black Duck and Lesser Yellowlegs (Highand), Black Scoter (Northumberland) and King Eider (Norfolk).

The best of the rest included Little Bunting (Cornwall), Barred Warbler (Norfolk), three Rose-coloured Starlings, Pallas's Warblers and Hoopoes, at least five Parrot Crossbills, six Rough-legged Buzzards and 11 Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA