Tuesday 5th February 2008
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Lesser Scaup at Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross. Elsewhere in Scotland, three White-billed Divers and a Lesser Scaup were recorded on the Shetland Isles and both the Spotted Sandpiper in Forth and the Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus remained in place. In England the White-crowned Sparrow continued in Norfolk as did the Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Cornwall, Glossy Ibis in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, Ross's Goose in Lancashire, Ferruginous Duck in Derbyshire and single Great White Egrets in both Cambridgeshire and Somerset. In Wales the Pacific Diver remained in Pembrokeshire as did the Spotted Sandpiper in Glamorgan. In Northern Ireland the Long-billed Dowitcher showed again in County Londonderry. Cattle Egret reports today comprised nineteen in Cornwall, seven in Devon, four in Somerset, two in West Sussex and one in Lincolnshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA