Thursday 20th December 2012
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Rose-breasted Grosbeak on the Isles of Scilly, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Berkshire, Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, and single Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Somerset. Scarcities included American Wigeon (West Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Somerset), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry and County Sligo) and Great White Egret (Buckinghamshire, Kent (2), Northamptonshire, Somerset and Suffolk). Waxwings were recorded across 31 counties between Highland, Moray, the Isles of Scilly and Kent, including flocks of 180 in Gloucestershire, 100 in South Yorkshire, 78 in Moray, 75 in Kent and 70 in Lincolnshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA