Thursday 9th January 2020
	Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, both Lesser White-fronted Goose and Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and single King Eiders in both Highland and the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Yellow-browed Warbler, Glossy Ibis and Shorelark, three Rough-legged Buzzards, four Green-winged Teals, six Great Grey Shrikes and a total of 14 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA