Tuesday 16th February 2010
	The highlight of the day was reappearance of the long-staying Black Duck at Colliford Lake, Cornwall. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Kite in Powys, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, Dusky Warbler in London, Little Bunting in Highland, three Glossy Ibises together in Somerset and single Long-billed Dowitchers in both Cheshire and Cornwall. Scarcities recorded included 14 Shorelarks, six Black Brants, five Cattle Egrets, four each of Ring-necked Duck, Snow Goose and Green-winged Teal, two each of Surf Scoter (Conwy), Serin (London), Rough-legged Buzzard, Great Grey Shrike and Great White Egret and single Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria) and American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway). Gulls included seven Ring-billed, four Iceland, three Glaucous and two Caspian, and flocks of displaced Bean Geese totaled 38 Tundra and 28 Taiga. Significant late news from Saturday concerned a Gyr on Tresco, Isles of Scilly and on the Shetland Isles at least two probable Middendorff's Bean Geese seen briefly at Sandwick, Mainland with Taiga Bean Geese.
-  Chris Batty, RBA