Monday 21st December 2009
	Lingering rarities comprised Siberian Stonechat in Nottinghamshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian and Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire. Great White Egrets were logged in Leicestershire, Aberdeenshire and Dorset, Richardson's Canada Geese joined Barnacle Geese on Islay and Tiree (Argyll) and the best of the rest included Rough-legged Buzzard in Cambridgeshire, Surf Scoter in Devon, Little Bunting in Highland, Richard's Pipits in Glamorgan and Cheshire, Taiga Bean Goose in Merseyside and Ring-necked Duck in Buckinghamshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA