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Saturday 24th November 2018  
  New discoveries included at least two Coues's Arctic Redpolls at Fontburn Reservoir (Northumberland) and a White-billed Diver off Barra (Western Isles), whilst the Hume's Warbler (Devon), Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Derry, Co Wexford and Dorset), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Richardson's Canada Goose (Western Isles) and Coues's Arctic Redpolls (Norfolk [2] and South Yorkshire) all lingered.

Scarcity sightings included Serin (Isles of Scilly), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (Kent), two Rose-coloured Starlings, Yellow-browed Warblers and Green-winged Teals, three Ring-necked Ducks, Great Grey Shrikes and American Wigeons, five Rough-legged Buzzards and Surf Scoters, 20 Taiga Bean Geese and at least 37 Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA