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Wednesday 18th November 2020  
  The second Crag Martin for Orkney was discovered at Kirkwall mid afternoon, whilst an American Buff-bellied Pipit at Amble, Northumberland is a county first. Late news from County Galway concerned a Belted Kingfisher at Ballyquirke Lake on 10th.

Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Godwit in Fife, Greater Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Desert Wheatear and Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, other Dusky Warblers in Nottinghamshire, Scilly and Yorkshire, Black Scoter in Northumberland and Bonaparte's Gull in Pembrokeshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warblers, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Hoopoe, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Shorelarks, four Lapland Buntings, three Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, a Black Brant, two Snow Geese, four Tundra Bean Geese, a Pomarine Skua, a Kumlien's Gull, four Glaucous Gulls and ten Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
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