Sunday 12th January 2020
	Continuining rarities comprised Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk (Blue-headed) and Northumberland, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, King Eider in Highland, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Hampshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire and Long-billed Dowitchers in Merseyside and Co.Wicklow. A Ferruginous Duck was found at Blashford Lakes in Hampshire while the Norfolk bird remained.  Other news included two Richard's Pipits, Purple Heron (Lancashire), six Great Grey Shrikes, four Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), two American Wigeon, Black Brant (Essex), Surf Scoter (Lothian), 14 Ring-necked Ducks, Ring-billed Gull (Co.Antrim), five Shorelarks and Black-bellied Dipper (Fife).
-  David Campbell, RBA