Sunday 11th December 2011
	A Pied-billed Grebe was a new arrival off Little Island, County Cork today, whilst a juvenile Pallid Harrier at Muckrush, County Galway has been present for over five weeks. A female Desert Wheatear in Lerwick, Shetland has been around for five days, and the identity of the two white geese at Berney Marshes, Norfolk was confirmed as Ross's Goose, nearly two weeks after they were first seen. Other long staying rarities seen today included the Western Sandpiper in Norfolk, House Crow in County Cork, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Least Sandpiper in County Kerry, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset, Greater Yellowlegs in Northumberland, Wilson's Snipe and Dusky Warbler in the Isles of Scilly, American Buff-bellied Pipit in County Waterford, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, single Desert Wheatears in Northumberland and Yorkshire, King Eider in Moray, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Blue-winged Teal in Dorset and Lesser Scaup in Somerset.
-  Will Soar, RBA