Monday 6th January 2020
	Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire, both Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Desert Wheatear in Norfolk, Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon. A Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire at Nosterfield was presumably the same individual present at nearby Catterick on 17th-18th November 2019. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Richard's Pipit (Kent), American Wigeon (Highland), Surf Scoter (Lothian) and Snow Goose (Orkney Isles), two Yellow-browed Warblers, three each of Glossy Ibis, Green-winged Teal and Great Grey Shrike, four each of both Ring-billed Gull and Rough-legged Buzzard, seven Shorelarks, nine Ring-necked Ducks and 35 Lapland Buntings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA