Sunday 27th January 2013
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bonaparte's Gull in East Sussex at Eastbourne. Elsewhere, a Ferruginous Duck was new in Bedfordshire at Priory Country Park. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both the American Coot and Forster's Tern in County Galway, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Long-billed Dowitcher in Pembrokeshire, Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Somerset, and single Glossy Ibises in both Hampshire and Pembrokeshire. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Berkshire), Cattle Egret (Northumberland), Hoopoe (Dorset), Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Pembrokeshire), Shorelark (Lincolnshire), Black Brant (West Sussex) and Kumlien's Gull (East Yorkshire), with totals of three Rough-legged Buzzards, five Green-winged Teals, six Caspian Gulls, seven Great Grey Shrikes, eight each of both Ring-necked Duck and Iceland Gull, nine each of Ring-billed Gull and Great White Egret, 10 Lapland Buntings, 11 Tundra Bean Geese and 15 Glaucous Gulls.
-  Chris Batty, RBA