Thursday 9th January 2014
	In Highland the American Coot lingered at Loch Flemington whilst in Cheshire the American Buff-bellied Pipit reappeared at Burton Marsh. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Marsh Sandpiper and Lesser Scaup on Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Ivory Gull in Co Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, at least five Two-barred Crossbills in South Yorkshire, a single Two-barred Crossbill in Gloucestershire, King Eider in Lothian and Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire. In Kent the Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler lingered in Ramsgate and a White-billed Diver was reported in Cornwall. The best of the rest included at least 17 Parrot Crossbills, at least 16 Glossy Ibises, nine Great White Egrets, three Yellow-browed Warblers, two Cattle Egrets, Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly) and Richard's Pipit (Pembrokeshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA