Saturday 28th December 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland, Eastern Stonechats in Cheshire and Suffolk, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Northumberland, and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull again in County Carlow. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Kent), Lapland Bunting (Cornwall), Glossy Ibis (West Sussex), Kumlien's Gull (Leicestershire), American Wigeon and Lesser Snow Goose (Highland), two each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-billed Gull, Surf Scoter, Yellow-browed Warbler, seven Shorelarks, and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA