Monday 12th January 2009
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Snowy Owl in Cornwall, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, King Eiders in Fife and County Sligo (2) and Cattle Egrets in the Isles of Scilly, Devon (2) and County Cork (13). Scarcities included a Rose-coloured Starling in Cornwall, Night Heron in Kent, Surf Scoter in Devon, Rough-legged Buzzards in Cambridgeshire and Cleveland, along with four Ring-billed Gulls, six Green-winged Teals and seven Ring-necked Ducks. Waxwing reports totaled 488 in 23 counties with maximums of 66 in Lothian, 58 in Leicestershire, 51 in West Yorkshire, 50 in County Antrim and 37 in Suffolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA