Sunday 19th January 2020
	Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Pacific Diver Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, Snowy Owl in County Cork, Black Scoters in both Angus and Northumberland, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon, Merseyside and County Wicklow, and Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire, Norfolk and West Yorkshire; the latter new-in at Anglers' Country Park. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Richard's Pipit, American Wigeon, Yellow-browed Warbler and Glossy Ibis, four of Rough-legged Buzzard and Lapland Bunting, five of Great Grey Shrike and Shorelark, and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA