Monday 16th December 2013
	Highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Ivory Gull at Patrington Haven (East Yorkshire). Elsewhere lingering rarities included Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eiders in Lothian, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Two-barred Crossbills in Shropshire and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Highland. Two Glossy Ibises were on Western Isles, Parrot Crossbills lingered in Nottinghamshire (16), Suffolk (10) and Norfolk (9), the Hoopoe was still in Conwy and a Cattle Egret was still in Buckinghamshire. Late news from yesterday related to an adult Thayer's Gull photographed at Killybegs (Co Donegal), but it could not be found there today.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA