Sunday 17th January 2010
	Lingering rarities came in the form of the Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Black Kite in Powys, Glossy Ibises in Somerset, Little Bunting in Highland, Gyrs in Argyll and Sligo and Bonaparte's Gulls on Anglesey and in Co Cork. Rare wildfowl included Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk and Co Armagh, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Hooded Merganser in Cleveland and in Co Donegal the American Eider remained off Fanad Head. Elsewhere highlights included Serin in London, at least seven Great White Egrets and two Cattle Egrets.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA