Thursday 26th December 2019
	A white morph Gyr on North Uist in Western Isles was the first this year and a Kentish Plover made a brief appearance at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset. Confirmed as still present were the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, male Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, unassigned Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Olive-backed Pipit in Scilly, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire. The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit (Kent), two Rough-legged Buzzards (South Yorkshire and Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (Co.Kerry), Surf Scoter (Ayrshire), two Great Grey Shrikes, Rose-coloured Starling (Cambridgehire), American Wigeon (Highland), Ring-necked Duck (West Yorkshire), Todd's Canada Goose (Co.Sligo) and six Shorelarks (five in Norfolk and one in Highland).
-  David Campbell, RBA