Wednesday 3rd December 2014
	Rarities today comprised the Pacific Diver, Desert Wheatear and Dusky Warbler all still in Cornwall, American Coot on the Western Isles, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, and single Eastern Black Redstarts in both North Yorkshire and the Isles of Scilly. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Hoopoe (Dorset), Yellow-browed Warbler and American Wigeon (Devon), Shorelark (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Essex), Lesser Snow Goose (Norfolk), Glossy Ibis (Lincolnshire), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Ring-necked Duck, three each of Cattle Egret, Glaucous Gull, Green-winged Teal and Black Brant, five Richard's Pipits, seven each of Rough-legged Buzzard and Lapland Bunting, eight Caspian Gulls, nine Tundra Bean Geese, 10 Great Grey Shrikes and 12 Great White Egets. Seawatching produced 32 Pomarine Skuas and 21 Little Auks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA