Wednesday 10th December 2008
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a King Eider in County Mayo at Annagh Head. Lingering rarities comprised the Gyr on the Isle of Scilly, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Staffordshire, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, Lesser Scaup in Clyde, Cattle Egret in Pembrokeshire, Great White Egret in Somerset and Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Scarcities included a Night Heron in Kent, a new Ring-necked Duck in Hampshire, Rough-legged Buzzards in Cambridgeshire, East Yorkshire (2), Kent and Norfolk, Great Grey Shrikes in Hampshire, Suffolk and Warwickshire and confiding Ring-billed Gulls in both Angus and Cornwall. Waxwings totaled 988 in 21 counties including maximums of 250 in Ayrshire, 182 in Cleveland, 169 in Lothian and 79 in County Antrim.
-  Chris Batty, RBA