Monday 5th December 2011
	Lingering rare waders comprised the Western Sandpiper in Norfolk, Sharp-tailed and Spotted Sandpipers in Somerset, Greater Yellowlegs in Northumberland and Semipalmated Sandpiper in Cleveland. Elsewhere the Blue-winged Teal and Ferruginous Duck in Dorset, Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in Kent and Dorset, Desert Wheatears in Shropshire, Northumberland and East Yorkshire, Dusky Warbler on Isles of Scilly and Bufflehead in Cornwall all remained. In Ireland the Least Sandpiper (Co Kerry) and American Buff-bellied Pipit (Co Waterford) both remained on show.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA