Monday 24th November 2008
	The first-winter Brown Shrike was seen again today, near Malacleit, North Uist, present all day in a garden, before moving to the nearby plantation mid afternoon. New discoveries consisted of another Spotted Sandpiper, this time in County Louth, which is a first for the county, with the Staffordshire bird remaining in-situ at Tittesworth Reservoir, and a Desert Wheatear at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire, which is possibly the same individual as seen nearby at Donmouth nine days ago. Long staying rarities included the Steppe Grey Shrike in Lincolnshire, single Lesser Scaups in Clyde and Gloucestershire and three Cattle Egrets in Cumbria. The first-winter Red-breasted Flycatcher was still at Luton, Bedfordshire, and a Hoopoe was in County Galway. Southern Waxwings included birds in Kent, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Suffolk.
-  Will Soar, RBA