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Saturday 28th October 2023  
  A Western Rufous Turtle Dove was discovered at North Ronaldsay on Orkney, a White-billed Diver at St.Abbs in Borders, Dusky Warblers, at Easington and Flamborough, East Yorkshire, Red-throated Pipit at Toft on Mainland Shetland, Paddyfield Warbler on St.Mary's, Scilly, Cliff Swallow at Bangor in County Down. Four Pallid Swifts in Norfolk (3) and East Yorkshire (1).

The Two-barred Greenish Warbler at Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire, Stilt Sandpiper at Crook of Baldoon in Dumfries and Galloway, Pacific Diver at Crookhaven in County Cork, Caspian Stonechat at Brotton in Cleveland were all still present today.

More lingering rarities still present included the Upland Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cornwall and County Waterford, Solitary Sandpiper in Kent, Spotted Sandpiper in County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, County Louth, Cumbria, and Essex, King Eider at Western Isles, Squacco Heron in Somerset, Coues's Arctic Redpoll on Orkney, Dusky Warblers in Suffolk and County Durham and White-billed Divers in Lothian and Moray.
Ben Clark, RBA