Sunday 13th November 2022
	Discoveries today included in Norfolk Hume's Warbler and Dusky Warbler together in Norfolk at Blakeney Point, and three Ferruginous Ducks together in Norfolk at Ormesby Broad, in Pembrokeshire an Olive-backed Pipit on Skokholm, and in Northumberland a Marbled Duck on Holy Island. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, both Black Scoter and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, Pallid Swift in Moray, Pallid Harrier and Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, thee Red-rumped Swallows together in Suffolk, Radde's Warbler and three Dusky Warblers on the Isles of Scilly, Dusky Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in County Kildare, King Eider in Lothian, and Bonaparte's Gull in County Kerry. Scarcities included two each of Serin, Richard's Pipit, Wryneck, and American Wigeon, three of Great Grey Shrike, Lapland Bunting, and Long-tailed Skua, four of Pallas's Warbler and Green-winged Teal, five Ring-necked Ducks, six Sabine's Gulls, nine Shorelarks, 15 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 51 Waxwings. Significant late news concerned a Pied Wheatear present at Portland Bill, Dorset on 29th October.
-  Chris Batty, RBA