Sunday 18th January 2015
	In Co Donegal the Slaty-backed Gull remained at Killybegs, but only until mid morning. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Harlequin Duck and Spotted Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire), Ivory Gull (Highland), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall, Glamorgan and Co Kerry), American Coot and Black Scoter (Co Kerry), Bonaparte's Gull (Devon), Richardson's Canada Goose (Co Sligo), King Eider (Fife), Pacific Diver (Cornwall), Blue-winged Teal (Orkney), Laughing Gull (Co Cork), Lesser Yellowlegs (East Sussex and Co Dublin) and Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire). The best of the rest included Night Heron (Kent), Glossy Ibis (Lincolnshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), two Cattle Egrets, two Waxwings, three Richard's Pipits, five Yellow-browed Warblers, six American Wigeons, seven Ring-necked Ducks and at least ten Rough-legged Buzzards.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA