Tuesday 26th November 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Hermit Thrush still on the Isles of Scilly, Isabelline Wheatear in Norfolk, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Northumberland, Lesser Scaup reported again in Hampshire, and on the Shetland Isles the Desert Wheatear was seen before it was believed to have been killed by a Merlin. Scarcities included Pallas's Warblers (Cambridgeshire, East Yorkshire and Suffolk), Rose-coloured Starling (Dumfries and Galloway), Surf Scoter (Isles of Scilly), Snow Goose (Western Isles), American Wigeon and Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two Glossy Ibises and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA