Thursday 23rd January 2020
	Rarities today comprised the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire, both American Buff-bellied Pipit and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Merseyside, and two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lapland Bunting (Kent), two Glossy Ibises, three each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Green-winged Teal, four Great Grey Shrikes, seven Ring-billed Gulls and a total of 12 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA