Tuesday 25th November 2008
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Steppe Grey Shrike in Lincolnshire, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Glossy Ibis in Lancashire, Spotted Sandpipers in County Louth and Staffordshire, Cackling Canada Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, single Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Nottinghamshire, three Cattle Egrets in Cumbria, a Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll and the Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Notable scarcities included Red-breasted Flycatcher in Bedfordshire, Common Rosefinch in County Durham, Barred Warbler in County Wexford, Richard's Pipit on the Orkney Isles, Hoopoe in County Galway, Pectoral Sandpiper in County Down and Rough-legged Buzzards in East Yorkshire (3) and Hertfordshire. Waxwing reports totaled 912 birds in 23 counties with maximums of 198 in Clyde, 119 in Lothian and 118 in Cumbria.
-  Chris Batty, RBA