Sunday 13th December 2015
	Rarities today comprised both the American Bittern and Spotted Sandpiper still in County Cork, the Western Rufous Turtle Dove still on the Shetland Isles, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, both Penduline Tit and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, and Ross's Goose in Clyde. Scarcities included Barred Warbler (Lothian), Hoopoe (West Midlands), Surf Scoter (Fife), Snow Goose (Cumbria), Sabine's Gull (Dorset), two each of Richard's Pipit, Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-billed Gull, Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret, three of Ring-necked Duck and Great Grey Shrike, four of both Lapland Bunting and Yellow-browed Warbler, six Shorelarks and 16 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA