Saturday 20th December 2008
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised two Penduline Tits in London, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Richardson's Canada Goose on the Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in Nottinghamshire, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Cattle Egrets in both County Cork (2) and Pembrokeshire, single Great White Egrets in both Hampshire and Somerset and Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Scarcities included Night Heron in Kent, American Wigeon in Berkshire, Richard's Pipit in Cheshire, Surf Scoter in Devon, Yellow-browed Warblers in Cornwall and Hampshire, Rough-legged Buzzards in Cambridgeshire and East Yorkshire and Ring-necked Ducks in Ayrshire and Norfolk. Waxwing reports totaled 1,180 birds in 31 counties including maximums of 319 in West Yorkshire, 125 in South Yorkshire, 121 in County Durham, 88 in North Yorkshire and 79 in Clyde.
-  Chris Batty, RBA