Tuesday 31st January 2012
	Lingering rarities included Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Red-breasted Goose and Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, two Northern Long-tailed Tits in West Yorkshire and Bufflehead in Cornwall. Glossy Ibises were recorded in Pembrokeshire (a flock of 23 over Carew, three at Marloes Mere and two at Dowrog Common), Cornwall, Cheshire, Isle of Wight, Co Wexford, Gwent (2) and Kent (2). The Parrot Crossbill lingered in West Sussex. In Ireland the Ross's Gull was still in Co Down and the Bonaparte's Gull remained in Co Antrim. Late news from yesterday related to an unseasonable Paddyfield Warbler at Pagham Harbour LNR (West Sussex). There was no sign of the bird today, but it is rumoured to have been present since November.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA