Tuesday 17th November 2009
	New rarities discovered today were a Lesser Yellowlegs in County Waterford at The Cunnigar and a Great White Egret at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire. The Glaucous-winged Gull or similar hybrid remained in County Sligo as did the Brown Shrike in Surrey, Red-throated Pipit in County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper in Essex, Wilson's Phalarope and Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, King Eider in Moray, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, Glossy Ibises in Kent (2) and Somerset (3) and Great White Egrets in Aberdeenshire, Devon and Kent. Scarcities included nine Shorelarks, four Black Brants, three each of Green-winged Teal, Lapland Bunting and Little Auk, two each of Yellow-browed Warbler, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Gull and Waxwing and single Serin (London), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire) and Great Grey Shrike (Powys).
-  Chris Batty, RBA