Saturday 26th December 2009
	The highlight of the day was the reappearance - albeit brief - of the elusive Killdeer in County Wicklow. Lingering rarities recorded elsewhere comprised the Black Duck still on the Isles of Scilly, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian, Spotted Sandpiper in Essex, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Ducks in both Norfolk and West Yorkshire, Glossy Ibis in Worcestershire, Cattle Egrets in County Cork (3) and Devon and single Great White Egrets in both Hampshire and Kent. Scarcities included eight Ring-billed Gulls, three each of Ring-necked Duck, Iceland Gull and Caspian Gull, two Great Grey Shrikes and single Little Bunting (Highland), Surf Scoter (Devon), Greater Snow Goose (Norfolk), Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Green-winged Teal (Greater Manchester), Yellow-browed Warbler (Somerset) and Lapland Bunting (Lincolnshire).
-  Chris Batty, RBA