Friday 10th January 2020
	New discoveries comprised a Long-billed Dowitcher at Marshside RSPB (Merseyside) and Two-barred Crossbill at Rumster (Highland), whilst the Semipalmated Sandpiper returned to Pennington Marshes (Hampshire). Lingering rarities included Black-throated Thrush (Bedfordshire), Eastern stonechat species (Cheshire), American Buff-bellied Pipit (Cornwall), Eastern Yellow Wagtails (Northumberland and Norfolk), White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Long-billed Dowitchers (Co Wicklow and Cumbria), Blue-winged Teal (Devon), Lesser Yellowlegs (North Yorkshire), Black Scoter (Northumberland) and Ferruginous Duck (Norfolk). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Cambridgeshire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Wryneck (Dorset), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Yellow-browed Warblers (London, North Yorkshire, Shropshire and Somerset), Rough-legged Buzzards Norfolk, South Yorkshire and Suffolk), and six Shorelarks (Norfolk [5] and Suffolk).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA