Saturday 4th January 2020
	A White-billed Diver flew past Lamba Ness, Unst, Shetland today. Lingering rarities included the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Northumberland, Norfolk and County Wexford, Eastern Stonechats in Cheshire and Suffolk, Desert Wheatear in Norfolk, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, Gyr in Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon, County Wexford and County Wicklow, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles. Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, two Richard's Pipits, four Yellow-browed Warblers, six Shorelarks, ten Great Grey Shrikes, 11 Lapland Buntings, a Purple Heron, two Glossy Ibises, four Rough-legged Buzzards, a Grey Phalarope, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teals, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, 98 Tundra Bean Geese, 125 Taiga Bean Geese, three Little Auks, a Kumlien's Gull, six Ring-billed Gulls, 12 Glaucous Gulls and 14 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA