Thursday 15th November 2018
	The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Mourning Dove in County Galway at Ballyconneely. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Eastern Yellow Wagtail still on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly where it was joined by a Citrine Wagtail with two Dusky Warblers nearby, Pallid Swifts new in Dorset at Portland and in Kent at New Romney, both Pied Wheatear and Dusky Warbler still in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, King Eiders in both Ceredigion and Norfolk, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Dorset and Highland. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Devon), Parrot Crossbill (Lincolnshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Oxfordshire), Little Bunting (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Lancashire), Dotterel (Angus), two each of Hoopoe, Richard's Pipit, Surf Scoter, six of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, seven Lapland Buntings, 16 Shorelarks, 36 Waxwings and a total of 132 Cattle Egrets
-  Chris Batty, RBA