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Thursday 24th October 2019  
  An Upland Sandpiper was present at Windmill Farm, Cornwall briefly this afternoon. Other new discoveries included a Radde's Warbler in a mistnet at Greenham Common, Berkshire, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Ardivachar, Western Isles and a Richardson's Cackling Goose at Mersehead RSPB, Dumfries and Galloway.

Lingering rarities still present today included the Short-billed Dowitcher in County Louth, Red-eyed Vireo in County Cork, Isabelline Wheatear, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Spotted Sandpiper in Scilly, Radde's Warbler in Fife, Eastern Stonechat species in County Durham, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in Shetland, Forster's Tern in County Galway, American Black Tern in Dorset, Pacific Diver in County Cork, eight White-rumped Sandpipers in Western Isles, five in County Derry and singles in Ayrshire and County Cork and Black Scoter in Northumberland.
-  Will Soar, RBA