Wednesday 2nd January 2019
	Lingering rarities comprised Pied-billed Grebe six White-billed Divers (one in Shetland, five in Orkney), Forster's Tern (Co Galway), Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall and Dorset), Dusky Warblers (Dorset, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire), Ferruginous Duck (Hampshire), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire) and Lesser Scaup (Somerset). The best of the rest included Common Rosefinch (Isles of Scilly), Black-bellied Dipper (Norfolk), White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Todd's Canada Goose (Argyll), two Rose-coloured Starlings, Richard's Pipits and American Wigeons, three Yellow-browed Warblers, four Green-winged Teals, five Rough-legged Buzzards and Great Grey Shrikes, eight Surf Scoters, nine Ring-necked Ducks, 10 Glossy Ibises and approximately 42 Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA