Wednesday 24th December 2014
	Rarities today comprised the Blyth's Pipit still in West Yorkshire, Eastern Black Redstart on the Isles of Scilly, two Penduline Tits together in Devon, Richardson's Cackling Goose on the Western Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin and Lesser Scaup in Lothian. Scarcities included three Richard's Pipits, Barred Warbler (Dorset), Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), eight Ring-billed Gulls, and a Ring-necked Duck in Berkshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA