Sunday 20th January 2019
	Rarities today comprised a Bonaparte's Gull new in London at Erith, Hume's Warbler still in East Sussex, Dusky Warbler and Long-billed Dowitcher both still in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset, Lesser Scaup in County Galway, Hampshire and Staffordshire, Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Borders and Lothian, and Richardson's Cackling Goose on the Western Isles. Scarcities included Temminck's Stint and two Serins (Cornwall), two Rose-coloured Starlings, three each of both American Wigeon and Surf Scoter, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Rough-legged Buzzards, six Lapland Buntings, eight Ring-necked Ducks, 10 Yellow-browed Warblers, 24 Glossy Ibises and a total of 51 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA