Wednesday 11th November 2009
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of two Penduline Tits in Gloucestershire at Slimbridge. In County Kerry a Bonaparte's Gull was found at Tralee and in County Galway the Forster's Tern returned to winter at Nimmo's Pier. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Brown Shrike in Surrey, both Fan-tailed Warbler and Glossy Ibis in Kent, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Wilson's Phalarope in Gloucestershire, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, both American Golden Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, Cattle Egret in Cornwall and Great White Egrets in Aberdeenshire, Devon, Kent, Lancashire, County Mayo, Norfolk (2) and Suffolk. Totals of scarcities included 25 Shorelarks, eight Lapland Buntings, four each of Little Auk and Caspian Gull, three each of Green-winged Teal and Great Grey Shrike, two Surf Scoters, Snow Geese, Ring-necked Ducks, American Wigeons and Glaucuous Gulls and single Rose-coloured Starling (Oxfordshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (Derbyshire) and Black Brant (Kent).
-  Chris Batty, RBA