| Tuesday 10th November 2020 | ||
| The highlight of the day was confirmation of the continued presence of the Hudsonian Godwit
on the Eden Estuary, Fife. Rarities discovered today comprise a Little Swift in County Cork at Glengarriff, a Pine Bunting in County Kildare, Franklin's Gull in West Yorkshire at Anglers' County Park, Isabelline Shrike species on the Shetland Isles on Yell with a Radde's Warbler on nearby Unst, the Forster's Tern back again in County Galway, and the Black Scoter again in Northumberland. Other rarities comprised the Belted Kingfisher still in County Cork, Greater Yellowlegs still in Suffolk, Brown Shrike on the Western Isles, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Suffolk (2), Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Shetland, Kentish Plover in Somerset, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and a total of ten Dusky Warblers. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Surrey), Richard's Pipit (London), Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Hoopoe (Bedfordshire), Shorelark (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Western Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Lancashire), three Green-winged Teals, four Waxwings, five each of Pallas's Warbler, Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis, and six Lapland Buntings. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||