Saturday 8th February 2020
	Lingering rarities seen today included the Steller's Eider in Orkney, Black-throated Thrushes in Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Ducks in Essex and Warwickshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria and Merseyside, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, American Herring Gull in County Cork and Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Lapland Buntings, six Shorelarks, seven Great Grey Shrikes, a Grey Phalarope, a Glossy Ibis, five Rough-legged Buzzards, an American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, seven Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, 31 Tundra Bean Geese, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, eight Glaucous Gulls and 17 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA