Monday 5th January 2009
	A Ferruginous Duck at Whisby, Lincolnshire was a new discovery, as was a brief Great White Egret in Norfolk at Welney. Lingering rarities included the Snowy Owl in Cornwall, Gyr on the Isles of Scilly, two Penduline Tits in London, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Louth, King Eiders in Fife and County Sligo (2), single Lesser Scaups in both Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire, Great White Egret in Hampshire and a Small Canada Goose in Dumfries and Galloway. Cattle Egret reports totalled 34 birds in six counties comprising 14 in Cornwall, 12 in County Cork, three in County Waterford, two each in both Devon and the Isles of Scilly and one in Essex.
-  Chris Batty, RBA