Tuesday 5th January 2010
	Hot news today related to the arrival of a drake Baikal Teal at Tacumshin in Co Wexford. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Baird's Sandpiper (Lothian), Little Bunting (Highland), Black Kite (Powys), Ferruginous Duck (Norfolk), Spotted Sandpiper (Devon), Blue-winged Teal (Co Dublin) and a Snowy Owl reappeared on Lewis (Western Isles). The best of the rest comprised Richard's Pipit in Cornwall, Great White Egrets in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, Surf Scoter in Devon, Ring-necked Ducks in Lancashire and Buckinghamshire and Serin in London.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA