Tuesday 5th November 2019
	The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Paddyfield Pipit in Cornwall, whilst the Brown Shrike remained on the Western Isles and other eastern passerines were Hume's Warblers in County Cork on Cape Clear, in Highland at Tarbat Ness, and in North Yorkshire in Scarborough, Olive-backed Pipits in Fife on the Isle of May and in Highland at Tarbat Ness, two each of Red-breasted Flycatcher and Richard's Pipit, and three Pallas's Warblers (East Yorkshire, Fife and North Yorkshire). Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Short-billed Dowitcher still in County Louth, Black Duck in Highland, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Argyll, Devon and Northumberland, and White-rumped Sandpipers in County Londonderry (9) and the Western Isles (3). Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles), Serin (Dorset), Hoopoe (Norfolk), Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), American Golden Plover (County Mayo and Western Isles), Glossy Ibis (two in Devon) and three Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA