Sunday 25th January 2009
	Egrets once again formed the majority of the rarity news today, with a new Great White Egret in Essex and a new Cattle Egret on the Isle of Wight. Other Great White Egrets remained in Somerset, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire and Cambridgeshire, with Cattle Egrets in Devon (5), Cornwall (8) and on the Isles of Scilly. The male Penduline Tit remained near Paignton, Devon, and the Black-bellied Dipper reappeared once again on the River Glaven at Letheringsett, Norfolk. Other lingering rarities included King Eider in Fife, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Ferruginous Duck in County Armagh and Lesser Scaups in Nottinghamshire and County Westmeath. A late report concerned a probable Pied-billed Grebe yesterday at Stodmarsh, Kent. It was looked for this morning, but there was no sign in atrocious weather conditions.
-  Will Soar, RBA