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Tuesday 19th November 2019  
  The highlight of the day was news of an Eastern Stonechat species in Nottinghamshire at Langford Lowfields where it had first been seen on Saturday.

Other rarities today comprised the American Buff-bellied Pipit still in Cornwall, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Isabelline Wheatear and two Hume's Warblers in Norfolk, Hume's Warbler in East Yorkshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Hampshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Northumberland.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Clyde), Bluethroat (Devon), Serin (East Sussex), Barred Warbler (Cleveland), Red-backed Shrike (Glamorgan), Ring-billed Gull (Herefordshire), American Wigeon (Highland), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Surf Scoter, and three Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA