Sunday 26th January 2020
	The highlight of the day was a first-winter American Herring Gull in Dorset at West Bexington, where it had first been seen yesterday. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles, and Long-billed Dowitchers in County Meath (2), County Wexford and Merseyside. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Wigeon (Aberdeenshire), Shorelark (Suffolk), Snow Goose (Orkney Isles), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Surf Scoter, Lapland Bunting and Yellow-browed Warbler, three Glossy Ibis, four Rough-legged Buzzard, five Great Grey Shrike, six Green-winged Teal, and seven Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA