Thursday 12th January 2012
	Glossy Ibises were discovered at Thurlestone Marsh, Devon, Neyland, Pembrokeshire (2), Skibbereen, County Cork and Termoncarragh, County Mayo (3). Long staying rarities included the Spanish Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Greater Yellowlegs in Highland, Bufflehead in Cornwall, two Long-billed Dowitchers and Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal and Dusky Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim, Glossy Ibises in Lancashire (2), Kent (2) and Devon, Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll and Spotted Sandpipers in Somerset and Devon. Photos of the heron in Orkney confirmed that it was a Grey Heron.
-  Will Soar, RBA