Thursday 17th November 2022
	Discoveries tyoday included a Lesser Scaup in Argyll on Tiree, a White-billed Diver in Fife off the Isle of May, Red-rumped Swallows in Kent at Kingsdown (2) and Norfolk at Horsey, and in County Kerry the American Coot returned to winter at Lough Yganavan. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Pallid Harrier in Cornwall, Radde's Warbler and two Dusky Warblers together on the Isles of Scilly, Dusky Warbler in North Yorkshire, King Eider in Lothian, Lesser Scaup and Cackling Goose on the Western Isles, and two Ferruginous Ducks together in Norfolk. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler and Hoopoe (Kent), Richard's Pipit (Scilly), Common Rosefinch and Lapland Bunting (Western Isles), Red-necked Phalarope (Dorset), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), American Wigeon (Somerset), Glossy Ibis (Cheshire), two Great Shearwaters, six each of Ring-necked Duck and Long-tailed Skua, 11 Sabine's Gulls, and a total of 40 Waxwings. Significant late news from yesterday concerned an American Purple Gallinule photographed in Somerset at Dunster Beach, and a Grey-cheeked Thrush in County Wicklow at East Coast Nature Reserve; however, neither could be located today.
-  Chris Batty, RBA