Saturday 28th January 2012
	Lingering rarities included the Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Western Sandpiper and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Devon, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Desert Wheatear  in East Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Gloucestershire, two Northern Long-tailed Tits in West Yorkshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Blue-winged Teal on Isles of Scilly and Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire. Nineteen Glossy Ibises were also recorded (nine of which were in Ireland). In addition to the aforementioned Glossy Ibises Ireland also produced Bonaparte's Gull in Co Antrim and Ferruginous Duck in Co Armagh.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA