Wednesday 27th November 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Steller's Eider still on the Orkney Isles, the Hermit Thrush still on the Isles of Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Carlow, two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles, and in Hampshire the Ferruginous Duck returned to Blashford Lakes for another winter. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Suffolk), Hoopoe (Aberdeenshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (Somerset), Snow Goose (Western Isles), two each of both Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks (including three together in County Kerry).
-  Chris Batty, RBA