Sunday 22nd December 2013
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Ivory Gull in East Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Highland, Falcated Duck in Oxon, Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire, Shropshire (3) and South Yorkshire (7), with Glossy Ibis in Cornwall, Devon, Staffordshire, Suffolk and West Midlands. Scarcities included Hoopoe (Conwy), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Rose-coloured Starling (Norfolk and Isles of Scilly), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall (2) and Devon), Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire, Devon and County Waterford), Surf Scoter (Conwy (3) and Lothian (2)), Ring-necked Duck (Devon and Leicestershire), and Parrot Crossbill (Herefordshire, Norfolk (11), Nottinghamshire (14), South Yorkshire and Suffolk).
-  Chris Batty, RBA