Thursday 31st December 2015
	Scotland's fourth (and December's 1st) Little Swift was discovered at Thorntonloch, Lothian today. It was only present for around an hour, and wasn't relocated by late afternoon. Another Pacific Diver was found in Cornwall at Maenporth, with the other remaining in Mount's Bay, whilst the White-billed Diver returned to St Margaret's Hope Bay, Orkney. Other lingering rarities included the Mourning Dove in Shetland, Red-rumped Swallow, Lesser Yellowlegs and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Gyr in the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Dusky Warbler in Somerset, Penduline Tit and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and single Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Somerset.
-  Will Soar, RBA