Monday 28th January 2008
	Today’s headline birds were both long-staying major rarities; the White-crowned Sparrow still in Cley, Norfolk and the Pacific Diver still at Llys-y-Fran Reservoir, Pembrokeshire. Other lingering rarities confirmed as present today included two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in Cornwall, two Ross's Geese in Norfolk, Glossy Ibis in Lancashire, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Ferruginous Duck in Derbyshire. Cattle Egret reports comprised seven in Cornwall, five in Devon and singles in both County Wexford and West Sussex.
-  Chris Batty, RBA