Wednesday 23rd January 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Eastern Yellow Wagtail still on the Isles of Scilly, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in London, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, Lesser Scaup in both Dumfries and Galloway and Staffordshire, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and Richardson's Cackling Goose on the Western Isles. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler and Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), two each of Rose-coloured Starling and American Wigeon, three of Ring-necked Duck, Great Grey Shrike and Lapland Bunting, five Rough-legged Buzzards, seven of Yellow-browed Warbler and Glossy Ibis, and a total of 22 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA