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Friday 22nd November 2019  
 

Today's new rarities were both geese, with - most significantly - an adult Lesser White-fronted Goose south of Langham in Norfolk briefly and a Richardson's Cackling Goose near Loaningfoot in Dumfries and Galloway.

Ongoing rarities included the Steller's Eider in Orkney, Pacific Diver in Co.Cork, Isabelline Wheatear in Norfolk, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria and Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Co.Wexford and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall.

Among the day's supporting cast were Pallas's Warbler (Cambridgeshire), Barred Warbler (Cleveland), two Great Grey Shrikes, Ring-billed Gull (Scilly), six Shorelarks, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, two Surf Scoters, three Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Snow Goose (Highland), Todd's Canada Goose (Norfolk), 10 Tundra Bean Geese, four Iceland Gulls, two Glaucous Gulls and 13 Little Auks.
-  David Campbell, RBA