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Tuesday 29th November 2022  
 

Discoveries today included a Hume's Warbler in Norfolk at Brancaster, a Hooded Merganser in Staffordshire at Dosthill, and now two Dusky Warblers together in Cornwall at Nanjizal.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, American Buff-bellied Pipit, Red-flanked Bluetail, and five Dusky Warblers on the Isles of Scilly, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Hume's Warbler and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, Penduline Tit in East Sussex, King Eider in Cleveland, and Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (Pembrokeshire), Common Rosefinch Highland), Great Grey Shrike (Hampshire), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Kumlien's Gull (Shetland Isles), two each of Serin, Ring-necked Duck, and Green-winged Teal, three Shorelarks, six Glossy Ibises, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, and a total of 359 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA