Monday 13th January 2014
	An adult Ross's Gull flew west past Dungeness (Kent) this afternoon Elsewhere today's rarities included American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs and Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Ivory Gull in Co Wexford, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, American Coot and Lesser Scaup in Highland, Marsh Sandpiper in Western Isles, King Eiders in Co Mayo and Highland, White-billed Diver in Orkney and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon. A total of 21 Two-barred Crossbills were logged (15 in Gloucestershire and 6 in South Yorkshire). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling in Isles of Scilly, two Cattle Egrets, two Yellow-browed Warblers, 11 Glossy Ibises and 15 Parrot Crossbills.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA