Wednesday 28th January 2009
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised single Penduline Tits in both Devon and Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, King Eiders in County Sligo (2) and Fife, Great White Egrets in Cambridgeshire (2) and Somerset and the Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Cattle Egret reports totaled eleven birds in five counties; four in Cornwall, three in Devon, two in County Cork and singles in the Isles of Scilly and Somerset. Northern gulls were reported in reasonable numbers with 32 Glaucous Gulls - including 12 in Argyll - and 22 Iceland Gulls.
-  Chris Batty, RBA