Monday 18th February 2008
	The highlight of the day was the Thayer's Gull (or perhaps a hybrid) still in Derbyshire, although it was only seen briefly at Duckmanton. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the White-cronwed Sparrow in Norfolk, Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly, American Herring Gull in County Galway, Glossy Ibis in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus, Richardson's Canada Goose in County Mayo, Ross's Goose in Cumbria, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, Great White Egrets in both Merseyside and Powys and Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in Cleveland and Cornwall (two). Cattle Egret reports comprised eleven in Cornwall, five in both County Cork and Somerset, three in Devon and singles in Cheshire, Cumbria, Dorset, Lincolnshire and Wiltshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA