Wednesday 13th November 2019
	Rarities discovered today comprised a Black Scoter in Angus at Lunan Bay, a Penduline Tit trapped at Orford Ness, Suffolk, a White-rumped Sandpiper at Black Rock Strand, County Kerry, and in County Carlow an early first-winter Bonaparte's Gull at Kildavin. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were both the Paddyfield Pipit and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Steller's Eider and Blue Rock Thrush on the Orkney Isles, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, both Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Dusky Warbler in Suffolk, Isabelline Wheatear, Little Bittern and Hume's Warbler in Norfolk, Eastern Stonechat and three Hume's Warblers in East Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, and Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland.
-  Chris Batty, RBA