Tuesday 8th January 2013
	Headline rarities included American Coot in Co Galway, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire and Black Duck in Highland. Elsewhere Richardson's Canada Goose (Argyll), Subalpine Warbler (Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Devon), Glossy Ibises (Co Cork and Hampshire), Red-breasted Geese (Hampshire and Suffolk), Bonaparte's Gulls (Co Antrim and Glamorgan) and Lesser Scaup (Somerset) all lingered, whilst on Isles of Scilly the Dusky Warbler reappeared on St Mary's. The best of the rest included American Wigeon in Co Leitrim, Yellow-browed Warbler on the Berkshire/ Hampshire border, Rose-coloured Starling in Devon, Ring-necked Duck in Cornwall and Green-winged Teals in Co Cork and Shropshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA