Thursday 18th December 2008
	An American Golden Plover on Unst, Shetland, was today's top new discovery and the Gyr in Cornwall relocated to the Marazion area, where it showed on and off all afternoon. Lingering rarities included the Spotted Sandpiper at Tittesworth Reservoir, Staffordshire, Lesser Scaup at Hogganfield Loch, Clyde, Lesser Yellowlegs at Southwold, Suffolk and Cattle Egret at West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire. Elsewhere a Serin was in Glandford, Norfolk, the Yellow-browed Warbler in Hampshire and Night Heron in Kent both remained in situ and a Green-winged Teal appeared at Blacktoft Sands RSPB, East Yorkshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA