Sunday 6th December 2009
	Lingering rarities comprised Brown Shrike in Surrey, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Baird's Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, Spotted Sandpipers in Forth, Devon , Hampshire and Essex, Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk and West Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose in Devon and two Glossy Ibises in Kent. Great White Egrets  were logged in Kent, Fife and Lancashire and Cattle Egrets were noted in Dorset (2) and Cambridgeshire. Elsewhere notable species included Ring-necked Duck in Ceredigion, Serin in London, American Wigeons in Dumfries & Galloway and Norfolk, Yellow-browed Warbler in Glamorgan, Rose-coloured Starling on Oxfordshire and Green-winged Teals in Leicestershire, Gloucestershire and Norfolk. In Ireland an American Golden Plover was recorded in Co Down.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA