Sunday 1st February 2009
	New rarities came in the form of a Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire, adult Bonaparte's Gull in Cobh, Co Cork and a Baikal Teal (or perhaps a hybrid) briefly at Ditchford Gravel Pits, Northamptonshire. Lingering rarities included the Penduline Tit in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and Lesser Scaups in Nottinghamshire and Perth & Kinross. Two Great White Egrets remained in Cambridgeshire, a single bird was still in Warwickshire and up to 25 Cattle Egrets were logged in southwest England and the south coast of Ireland. Other notable sightings included a first-winter Sabine's Gull over Neilston, Clyde, Rose-coloured Starling in Cornwall, Rough-legged Buzzard in Cambridgeshire, eight Green-winged Teals and three Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA