Tuesday 21st January 2014
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were both the American Coot and King Eider in Highland, Pacific Diver in County Tyrone, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Ivory Gull and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Wexford, Laughing Gull in County Cork, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Scaup in both Cornwall and Staffordshire, and Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (11) and South Yorkshire (7). Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), American Wigeon (Highland), Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two Shorelarks, three Ring-necked Ducks, nine Glossy Ibises and 14 Parrot Crossbills (together in Nottinghamshire). Notable gulls included 18 Glaucous, 15 Iceland, three each of both Ring-billed and Caspian, and one Kumlien's.
-  Chris Batty, RBA