Monday 27th January 2014
	Lingering rarities included American Coot and King Eider (Highland), American Buff-bellied Pipit (Cheshire), Ross's Gull (Co Dublin), Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers (two in Kent and one in Warwickshire), Pacific Diver (Co Tyrone), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall and Glamorgan), Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire) and Two-barred Crossbills (at least five in South Yorkshire and three in Shropshire). Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler in Kent, Yellow-browed Warbler in Worcestershire, Rose-coloured Starling and Serin on Isles of Scilly, 17 Parrot Crossbills and eight Glossy Ibises.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA