Wednesday 1st January 2020
	In Cornwall a Ross's Gull was on the sea off Portscatho before flying off, and a Bufflehead was discovered at Stithians Reservoir. The identity of the Eastern Yellow Wagtail at South Slob, County Wexford was confirmed, and a Desert Wheatear was present for a second day at Cart Gap, Norfolk. Other lingering rarities included the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Northumberland and Norfolk, Eastern Stonechats in Cheshire and Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon, Northumberland, County Wicklow and County Wexford, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles and one in Argyll. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, two Richard's Pipits, five Shorelarks, six Great Grey Shrikes, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, 38 Lapland Buntings, a Purple Heron, four Glossy Ibises, five Rough-legged Buzzards, a Pomarine Skua, two Little Auks, two Surf Scoters, four Green-winged Teals, nine Ring-necked Ducks, five Black Brants, 34 Tundra Bean Geese, 152 Taiga Bean Geese, four Ring-billed Gulls, seven Iceland Gulls and 11 Glaucous Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA