Wednesday 16th December 2009
	Rarities headlines included the Brown Shrike in Surrey, Black Duck on Isles of Scilly, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Penduline Tits in Kent, Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Spotted Sandpipers in Devon and Forth and Glossy Ibis in Kent. Two Cattle Egrets remained in Hampshire and Great White Egrets were logged in Merseyside, Warwickshire and Suffolk. Ireland hosted both a Lesser Scaup and Forster's Tern in Co Galway and a Cattle Egret in Co Cork.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA