Monday 26th November 2018
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bufflehead in County Cork at Ballinacarriga Lough; a site that that had hosted five Ring-necked Ducks the previous day. Elsewhere a Little Bittern was glimpsed in Cleveland at Saltholme RSPB, a Lesser Scaup was identified in Somerset at Chew Valley Lake, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll was trapped and ringed in West Yorkshire at Wintersett Reservoir and on the Shetland Isles a White-billed Diver was located at Kirkabister. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Hume's Warbler in Devon, a Dusky Warbler in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Dorset and County Londonderry, King Eider in Ceredigion and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Temminck's Stint and Dotterel (Cornwall), two each of both Hoopoe and Great Grey Shrike, three of Rose-coloured Starling and Ring-necked Duck, four Rough-legged Buzzards, 24 Shorelarks, 109 Cattle Egrets and 230 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA