Sunday 9th January 2011
	Rarities recorded today comprised the Pacific Diver still in Cornwall, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Northern Harrier and two Ross's Geese in Norfolk, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, King Eider in Moray, Glossy Ibis in Berkshire, Ferruginous Duck in County Wexford, single Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Gloucestershire, four Northern Long-tailed Tits together in Kent and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Cambridgeshire, County Durham (2), Lothian and South Yorkshire. Scarcities included 96 Lapland Buntings, 20 Shorelarks, 12 Great White Egrets, 11 Great Grey Shrikes, 10 Iceland Gulls, nine each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Glaucous Gull, six each of Green-winged Teal and Black Brant, four of Surf Scoter and Ring-billed Gull, two each of Ring-necked Duck and Tundra Bean Goose, and single White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly) and American Wigeon (Norfolk).
-  Chris Batty, RBA