Monday 1st February 2010
	Lingering rarities included Thayer's Gull and Forster's Tern in Co Galway, Black Kite in Powys, Gyr in Argyll, King Eider in Moray, Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Little Bunting in Highland. In Co Cork a Bonaparte's Gull was discovered at Baltimore. Three Great White Egrets, five Cattle Egrets, four Ring-necked Ducks, two Green-winged Teals, three Surf Scoters and a Rose-coloured Starling were also reported.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA