Saturday 14th February 2009
	A Lesser Scaup in County Cavan at Lough Sheelin was the only new rarity discovered today but the Penduline Tit in Norfolk at Strumpshaw Fen, King Eider in Kent near Dungeness and Ferruginous Duck at Old Hall Marshes, Essex all made welcome reappearances. Lingering rarities included the Penduline Tit still in Devon, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, King Eider in Fife, Black-bellied Dipper and Dark-breasted Barn Owl both in Norfolk, Great White Egret in Derbyshire, single Lesser Scaups in both County Down and Nottinghamshire, Hooded Merganser in Dorset and Cattle Egrets in Devon (10), the Isles of Scilly and County Waterford (2). Winter scarcities were represented by a total of eight Great Grey Shrikes, five each of Black Brant and Green-winged Teal, four Rough-legged Buzzards, three each of Surf Scoter and Snow Goose and a single Ring-necked Duck whilst gulls included 58 Iceland (including 12 together in County Galway), 40 Glaucous (including 15 together in County Mayo), ten each of both Caspian and Ring-billed and six Kumlien's. Waxwing reports totaled 764 birds in 23 counties including maximums of 130 in Nottinghamshire, 93 in County Dublin and 80 in Suffolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA