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Sunday 24th November 2019  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Laughing Gull in County Cork at Mizen Head. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Hermit Thrush still on the Isles of Scilly, Isabelline Wheatear still in Norfolk, Pacific Diver, Dusky Warbler and Lesser Scaup all in Cornwall, seven Two-barred Crossbills still together on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Dumfries and Galloway.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warblers in Cambrideshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Serin in Glamorgan, Barred Warbler in Cleveland, Rose-coloured Starling in Dumfries and Galloway, Rough-legged Buzzard in Norfolk and Ring-billed Gull in County Louth, two Glossy Ibises, four Surf Scoters and a total of six Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA