Monday 19th January 2009
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Penduline Tit in Devon, American Herring Gull in County Cork, Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan with single Great White Egrets in Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Somerset, and Cattle Egrets in Cornwall (2), Devon (3), the Isles of Scilly and Somerset. The best of the rest included single Lesser Snow Goose and Rough-legged Buzzard, two Surf Scoters, three each of Ring-necked Duck and Ring-billed Gull, four Green-winged Teals and six Grey Phalaropes. Waxwing reports totaled 719 birds in 23 counties with maximums of 162 in West Yorkshire, 100 in South Yorkshire, 75 in County Antrim, 70 in Greater Manchester and 58 in Perth and Kinross.
-  Chris Batty, RBA