Sunday 22nd December 2019
	Lingering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush at Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail at Prestwick Carr, Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat sp at Hollesley, Suffolk, White-winged Scoter at Fisherrow, Lothian, Black Scoter at Goswick, Northumberland and single Long-billed Dowitchers at Topsham, Devon and Cresswell, Northumberland. Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Yellow-browed Warbler, four Shorelarks, four Great Grey Shrikes, eight Lapland Buntings, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, a Green-winged Teal,  three Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, a Tundra Bean Goose, 12 Taiga Bean Geese, a Pomarine Skua, three Little Auks, three Ring-billed Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls and three Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA