Sunday 31st January 2010
	In County Galway, the juvenile Thayer's Gull was once again present on Ross Beach, with the Forster's Tern also still in the county at Claddagh Beach. The Black-throated Thrush continued to visit the garden at Newholm, Yorkshire, whilst other lingering rarities seen today included Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Little Bunting in Highland, Black Kite in Powys and single Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll and County Sligo. Scarcities recorded included four Great White Egrets, five Cattle Egrets, six Snow Geese, two Black Brants, three Surf Scoters, American Wigeon, six Green-winged Teals, six Ring-necked Ducks, four Rough-legged Buzzards, 15 Ring-billed Gulls, seven Caspian Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls, nine Iceland Gulls, nine Shorelarks, two Waxwings, seven Great Grey Shrikes, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Serins and three Lapland Buntings.
-  Will Soar, RBA