Friday 3rd January 2020
	Lingering rarities comprised Black-throated Thrush (Bedfordshire), Desert Wheatear (Norfolk), Eastern Yellow Wagtails (Co Wexford, Norfolk and Northumberland), Eastern Stonechats (Cheshire and Suffolk), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Blue-winged Teal (Devon), Ferruginous Duck (Warwickshire), Richardson's Cackling Goose (Argyll), Lesser Scaup (Co Mayo) and Long-billed Dowitchers (Devon, Co Wexford and Co Wicklow). The best of the rest included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), Surf Scoter (Lothian), American Wigeon (Co Clare), Kumlien's Gull (Co Antrim), two Yellow-browed Warblers, Ring-billed Gulls and Grey Phalaropes, four Rough-legged Buzzards, six Shorelarks, seven Green-winged Teals, nine Ring-necked Ducks and Great Grey Shrikes and 27 Lapland Buntings.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA