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Friday 27th October 2023  
  A Two-barred Greenish Warbler was discovered at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, with Red-headed Bunting, Radde's Warbler, Dusky Warbler and Pallas's Warbler all on site. A Grey-cheeked Thrush was on St Mary's, Scilly.

Other new discoveries today included a Stilt Sandpiper at Crook of Baldoon, Dumfries and Galloway, a Caspian Stonechat at Brotton, Cleveland, a Dusky Warbler at Spurn, Yorkshire, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, a Pallid Swift at Corton, Suffolk, a Pacific Diver at Crookhaven, County Cork, a King Eider at Butt of Lewis, Western Isles and a Bonaparte's Gull at Portree, Highland.

Other lingering rarities still present included the Upland Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher in Cornwall, Solitary Sandpiper in Kent, Spotted Sandpiper in County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Squacco Herons in Somerset and Western Isles, Red-flanked Bluetail in Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers in Suffolk and County Durham and White-billed Diver in Lothian.
Will Soar, RBA