Thursday 4th February 2016
	Lingering rarities included Hudsonian Whimbrel and Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Black Scoter, Coues's Arctic Redpoll and Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Pallid Harrier and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Glaucous-winged Gull in Co Cork, two Penduline Tits in Gloucestershire, Red-breasted Goose in Essex and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan. The best of the rest included Hoopoe (West Midlands/ Staffordshire), Richard's Pipit (Kent), Cattle Egret (Suffolk) and two Yellow-browed Warblers (Cornwall).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA