Friday 15th November 2019
	New discoveries today included a Hume's Warbler at Spurn, Yorkshire, a Dowitcher species at Campfield Marsh RSPB, Cumbria and a Bonaparte's Gull at Kilmore Quay, County Wexford. Lingering rarities seen today included the Steller's Eider, Blue Rock Thrush and five White-billed Divers in Orkney, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Isabelline Wheatear and Hume's Warbler in Norfolk, another Hume's Warbler in Yorkshire, Little Bittern in Hertfordshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles and single Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Northumberland. Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Pallas's Warbler, a Richard's Pipit, a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Wryneck, a Red-backed Shrike, a Northern Long-tailed Tit, six Shorelarks, seven Lapland Buntings, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Leach's Petrel, two Grey Phalaropes, a Surf Scoter and two Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Will Soar, RBA