Monday 14th January 2013
	New discoveries comprised a Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall and Long-billed Dowitcher in Co Wexford. Lingering rarities included two American Buff-bellied Pipits in Berkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan,  Lesser Scaups in Somerset and Cornwall, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall and Glossy Ibis in Hampshire, whilst the Red-breasted Goose that had been present in Hampshire until 11th January was relocated on Thorney Island (West Sussex). The best of the rest included Pallas's Warbler on the Berkshire/Hampshire border and Richard's Pipit in Somerset. Late news from 6th January related to a dead White-tailed Tropicbird which was collected on the tideline near Silloth (Cumbria).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA