Wednesday 22nd January 2014
	The highlight of the day was a white morph Gyr seen briefly near Reiss, Highland. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American Coot in Highland, Pacific Diver in County Tyrone, Pied-billed Grebe and Lesser Scaup on the Western Isles, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, 15 Two-barred Crossbills together in Gloucestershire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Lothian, Lesser Yellowlegs and Ferruginous Duck both in Hampshire, and Lesser Scaup in both Cornwall and Staffordshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Snow Goose (County Kerry), two Ring-necked Ducks, three each of both Yellow-browed Warbler and Surf Scoter, 13 Glossy Ibises, and 14 Parrot Crossbills. Notable gulls comprised 22 Glaucous, 16 Iceland, 10 Caspian, five Kumlien's and three Ring-billed.
-  Chris Batty, RBA