Sunday 5th November 2023
	New discoveries today included an Eastern Yellow Wagtail at Rattray Head and a Coues's Arctic Redpoll at St Cyrus, both Aberdeenshire, a Spotted Sandpiper at Studland, Dorset, a Blue-winged Teal at Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire, a Lesser Scaup at Stoneyford Reservoir, County Antrim, a White-billed Diver at Aberlady, Lothian and a Pallid Swft at Taverham, Norfolk. Lingering rarities included the Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Dusky Warbler and Blue-winged Teal in Yorkshire, Lesser Scaups in Devon, Cornwall (two) and County Donegal and single Red-breasted Geese in Norfolk, Northumberland and Highland.
-  Will Soar, RBA