Thursday 12th November 2009
	With no new rarities discovered today, the headlines were left with the Fan-tailed Warbler at Pegwell Bay, Kent, Brown Shrike at Staines Moor, Surrey and the Wilson's Phalarope at Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire. Other long staying rarities included the Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, Glossy Ibises in Kent (2) and Somerset (3), single Cattle Egrets in Kent, Cornwall and Gloucestershire and Great White Egrets in Devon, Kent, Norfolk and Lancashire (2). In Perth and Kinross, the Bluethroat remained at Errol, although it is now proving very elusive. Another Bluethroat is still in County Cork, with other scarcity totals including six Snow Geese, two American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, 21 Shorelarks, Yellow-browed Warbler, three Great Grey Shrikes and a Rose-coloured Starling.
-  Will Soar, RBA