Tuesday 29th December 2009
	Lingering rarities reported today included Baird's Sandpiper (Lothian), Long-billed Dowitcher (Cumbria) and Spotted Sandpiper (Essex) whilst wildfowl included Ferruginous Ducks in West Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Norfolk, King Eider in Moray and Red-breasted Goose in Devon. The Siberian Stonechat apparently reappeared in Nottinghamshire after a four-day absence. Four Great White Egrets, three Cattle Egrets, a single Glossy Ibis, four Ring-necked Ducks and two Green-winged Teals were logged and the Little Bunting in Highland and Richard's Pipit in Cornwall both remained on show.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA