Saturday 9th January 2016
	Lingering rarities still present today included the Glaucous-winged Gull at Castletownbere, County Cork, Brunnich's Guillemot at Scapa Bay, Orkney, Mourning Dove at Lerwick, Shetland, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Pacific Diver in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, Forster's Tern at Corranroo, County Clare, Bonaparte's Gull at Wilstone Reservoir, Hertfordshire and College Lake, Buckinghamshire (and another still at Dawlish, Devon), Pallid Harrier at Flitcham, Norfolk, Dusky Warbler at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher at Hemscott Hill, Northumberland, King Eider at Ruddon's Point, Fife and Lesser Scaup at Dozmary Pool, Cornwall. Three Penduline Tits were still present at Titchfield Haven NNR, Hampshire, with another still at Dungeness RSPB, Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Pallas's Warbler, a Kumlien's Gull, two Grey Phalaropes, three Richard's Pipits, three Yellow-browed Warblers, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Waxwings, six Ring-billed Gulls and seven Shorelarks.
-  Will Soar, RBA