Saturday 18th December 2010
	The highlight of the day was a report of an American Robin discovered at dusk near Inishcrone, County Sligo. Although there are ten previous records of this species in Ireland - including one in County Sligo in 1892 - the last was in 1983. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised both Lesser White-fronted Goose and Northern Harrier in Norfolk, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin and Little Bunting in Suffolk. Scarcities included 18 Lapland Buntings, 12 Tundra Bean Geese, eight each of both Glaucous Gull and Caspian Gull, four each of Green-winged Teal and Shorelark, three each of Great Grey Shrike and Iceland Gull, two Rough-legged Buzzards (in Lincolnshire and Suffolk), and single American Wigeon (County Cork), Ring-necked Duck (North Yorkshire), Great White Egret (Kent) and Little Auk (Cornwall).
-  Chris Batty, RBA