Wednesday 2nd January 2013
	Rarities recorded today comprised the American Coot still in County Galway, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, Red-breasted Geese in both Dumfries and Galloway and Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Pembrokeshire, King Eider on the Shetland Isles, Lesser Scaup in County Clare (2) and Somerset, Glossy Ibis in County Cork and Dark-breasted Barn Owl in Cambridgeshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Temminck's Stint (Somerset), Surf Scoter (Fife), American Wigeon (Highland and West Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall (2), Devon and County Mayo), Ring-billed Gull (Dorset, Hampshire, County Kerry, Pembrokeshire, Somerset and County Wexford), and Great Grey Shrike (Denbighshire, Hampshire, Staffordshire, Surrey and Wiltshire (2)). Waxwings were recorded across 43 counties between Highland, the Shetland Isles, Kent and Cornwall, and included maximum counts of 175 in West Yorkshire, 100 in both County Durham and Greater Manchester, 81 in Merseyside and 80 in South Yorkshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA