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Wednesday 6th November 2019  
  The highlights of the day came from the Orkney Isles where the Steller's Eider was relocated on Westray, a Siberian Rubythroat was discovered on North Ronaldsay and a Snowy Owl was new on Hoy.

New rarities elsewhere comprised a Brown Shrike on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, a Dusky Warbler in Cornwall at Kenidjack, and Hume's Warblers in East Yorkshire at both Bempton Cliffs and Flamborough Head.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still preset were the Paddyfield Pipit and American Buff-bellied Pipit together in Cornwall, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hume's Warblers in County Cork, Highland and North Yorkshire, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Northumberland, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Cork, Blue-winged Teal still in Clyde, and Lesser Scaups in both County Mayo and Cornwall.
-  Chris Batty, RBA