Wednesday 14th November 2018
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. rarities elsewhere comprised both the Pied Wheatear still in Cornwall, Franklin's Gull still in Dorset, Pallid Swift and King Eider both in Norfolk, Black Scoter still in Northumberland, Dusky Warbler on the Isles of Scilly and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Dorset and Highland. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Isle of Man), Hoopoe (Angus), Glossy Ibis (Devon), two each of Richard's Pipit, American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, three of Great Grey Shrike and Lapland Bunting, four Rough-legged Buzzards, nine Shorelarks, 63 Waxwings and a total of 141 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA