Monday 28th December 2015
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Mourning Dove on the Shetland Isles, Pacific Diver, American Herring Gull and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, both Pallid Harrier and Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk, Dusky Warbler in Somerset, and Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland. Scarcities included Night Heron (Perth and Kinross), Hoopoe (West Midlands), Lapland Bunting (Essex), Waxwing (Merseyside), two each of Richard's Pipit, Cattle Egret, Surf Scoter, American Wigeon and Ring-billed Gull, three of Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, four Ring-necked Ducks, five Glossy Ibises, six Tundra Bean Geese, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, and 10 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA