Thursday 12th December 2013
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of another Ivory Gull, this time a juvenile on Mainland Orkney. Elsewhere rarities included Desert Wheatear in Gloucestershire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Pied-billed Grebe in Western Isles, Black Kite in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (8), South Yorkshire (7+), Shropshire (2) and Norfolk and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan. Glossy Ibises were logged in Gloucestershire, Co Kerry and Western Isles. The best of the rest included Hoopoe in Conwy, Parrot Crossbills in Nottinghamshire (14) and Suffolk (13), Cattle Egret in Buckinghamshire, Yellow-browed Warblers in Isles of Scilly (2), Dorset and Devon and Rose-coloured Starling in Norfolk.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA