Saturday 10th December 2011
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both Western Sandpiper and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, two Long-billed Dowitchers and Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Scaup in Northumberland, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Least Sandpiper in County Kerry, American Herring Gull in County Cork, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Desert Wheatears in East Yorkshire, Northumberland and Shropshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon and Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin. Scarcities included Richard's Pipits in both Dorset and Lincolnshire, Yellow-browed Warbler, Surf Scoter and American Wigeon in Devon, American Wigeon in West Yorkshire, Ring-necked Ducks in Cleveland, Cornwall, County Mayo (2) and Somerset, and Temminck's Stint in Gloucestershire. A total of 275 Tundra Bean Geese were logged across eighteen counties between the Shetland Isles, Western Isles, Shropshire and Kent; including 158 together in Aberdeenshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA