Sunday 3rd November 2019
	New rarities discovered today were a Radde's Warbler in East Yorkshire at Flamborough Head, Snowy Owl in Aberdeenshire near Alford and a Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry at Ballinskelligs. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both the Paddyfield Pipit and American Buff-bellied Pipit still together in Cornwall at Sennen, Short-billed Dowitcher in County Louth, three Two-barred Crossbills together on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Kentish Plover in Cleveland, and White-rumped Sandpipers in Lancashire, County Londonderry (6) and the Western Isles (2). Scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (Devon), Bluethroat and Red-breasted Flycatcher (East Yorkshire), Serin (Kent), Wryneck (Dorset), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Ring-billed Gull (County Cork), Northern Long-tailed Tit (Norfolk), Pallas's Warbler (Dorset and East Yorkshire), American Golden Plover (Cambridgeshire and County Londonderry) and a total of five Richard's Pipits.
-  Chris Batty, RBA