Tuesday 14th January 2014
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the American Coot, King Eider and Lesser Scaup in Highland, Ivory Gull in County Wexford, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in Kent, Red-breasted Goose and Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull and White-billed Diver in Devon, King Eider in County Mayo, White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, and Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (7), Norfolk and South Yorkshire (7). Scarcities included Ring-necked Duck (County Waterford), Grey Phalarope (East Sussex), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler, Shorelark, Rough-legged Buzzard and Black Brant, three each of Cattle Egret and Snow Goose, four Surf Scoters, five Green-winged Teals, seven Great Grey Shrikes, eight Glossy Ibises, 11 Lapland Buntings, 12 Great White Egrets, and 19 Parrot Crossbills. Notable gulls included 31 Glaucous, 17 Iceland, six Caspian, four Ring-billed and a Kumlien's.
-  Chris Batty, RBA