Sunday 1st February 2015
	Rarity sightings included the Harlequin Duck in Aberdeenshire, American Coot and Black Scoter in Co Kerry, Bonaparte's Gulls in Glamorgan and Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Glamorgan, Forster's Tern in Co Galway and Lesser Yellowlegs in Co Clare. In Cornwall the Pacific Diver lingered in Mount's Bay whilst another was reported off Pendower Beach. The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), two Serins and three Richard's Pipits.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA