Thursday 4th February 2010
	In a near perfect repeat of yesterday, the lingering rarities seen today included Thayer's Gull and Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black-throated Thrush in Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Cork, Black Kite in Powys, Little Bunting in Highland, King Eider in Moray, Spotted Sandpiper and Red-breasted Goose in Devon and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall. Scarcities included a Surf Scoter, Ring-necked Duck, two Rough-legged Buzzards, four Great White Egrets, two Cattle Egrets, six Ring-billed Gulls, 15 Waxwings, a Rose-coloured Starling, and a Great Grey Shrike.
-  Will Soar, RBA