Saturday 18th January 2020
	Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, Black Scoters in both Angus and Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Merseyside and County Wicklow.  Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), two each of both Richard's Pipit and Glossy Ibis, three of Ring-billed Gull, Rough-legged Buzzard, Shorelark and Yellow-browed Warbler, six Green-winged Teals, seven Great Grey Shrikes, eight Lapland Buntings and 13 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA