Monday 30th January 2012
	Lingering rarities comprised the Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset and Bufflehead in Cornwall. Glossy Ibises lingered in Isle of Wight, Cheshire and Lancashire. In Ireland an American Herring Gull was discovered in Co Dublin and the Ross's Gull remained in Co Down. The best of the rest included Pectoral Sandpiper in Ayrshire and Parrot Crossbill in West Sussex.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA