Saturday 12th November 2022
	New discoveries today included two Buffleheads together on Carrowmore Lake, County Mayo, a Penduline Tit trapped at Woolston Eyes, Cheshire, Dusky Warblers at Collieston, Aberdeenshire and Lower Moors and Porth Hellick, both St Mary's, Scilly, and Raddes Warblers at Portland Bill, Dorset and Porthloo, St Mary's, Scilly. Lingering rarities still present included the Wilson's Snipe, Red-flanked Bluetail and another Dusky Warbler in Scilly, Hume's Warbler in Shetland, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Pied Wheatear and Black Scoter in Northumberland, Pallid Swift in Moray, three Red-rumped Swallows in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper in County Kildare, Lesser Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, Black Duck in County Mayo, King Eider in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in County Donegal and the Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Shropshire. Scarcity highlights included a Lapland Bunting, two Richard's Pipits, two Wrynecks, two Waxwings, three Pallas's Warblers, four Great Grey Shrikes, 11 Shorelarks, a Montagu's Harrier, two Grey Phalaropes, three Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, eight Ring-necked Ducks, a Tundra Bean Goose, seven Taiga Bean Geese, two Black Brants, 23 Little Auks, two Pomarine Skuas, three Sabine's Gulls and four Glaucous Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA