Thursday 8th January 2009
	The headline bird was once again the adult Glaucous-winged Gull in Cleveland - it showed on and off throughout the day in the Dorman's Pool area. On Islay, Argyll, the female Canvasback was again present on Loch Indaal early in the morning. Elsewhere Penduline Tits remained in London (2) and Devon, Great White Egrets were noted in Cambridgeshire and Somerset and Cattle Egrets were recorded in Co Cork (5), Cornwall (5), Devon and Isles of Scilly. Rare wildfowl came in the form of the Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and the pair of King Eiders in Sligo. In Co Galway the adult American Herring Gull was still in Galway Docks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA