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Sunday 10th November 2019  
  The highlight of the day was an Isabelline Wheatear new in Norfolk at Cley whilst other rarities discovered were a new Lesser Scaup in Cornwall at Stithians Reservoir, Dusky Warblers on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's and in Suffolk at Hollesley, White-rumped Sandpipers in Forth at Skinflats and County Londonderry at the Roe Estuary (2), with now two Hume's Warblers together in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were Paddyfield Pipit, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Lesser Scaup all in Cornwall, Steller's Eider, Blue Rock Thrush and seven White-billed Divers on the Orkney Isles, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Brown Shrike on the Isles of Scilly, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Eastern Stonechat species in Eaat Yorkshire, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Hume's Warblers in East Yorkshire (3), Highland and Norfolk, and White-rumped Sandpipers in County Cork, County Londonderry (6) and the Western Isles.
-  Chris Batty, RBA