Sunday 8th January 2023
	Rarities today comprised White-winged Scoters still in Lothian and County Mayo, Isabelline Wheatear, Laughing Gull, and Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Devon, Pallid Harrier, Hume's Warbler, Long-billed Dowitcher, and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Hooded Merganser in County Mayo, Black Scoter in Northumberland, three Penduline Tits together in County Cork, Coues's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles, King Eider in Cleveland, and Bonaparte's Gull and Arctic Redpoll County Antrim. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler and Great Grey Shrike (Kent), Serin (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Sabine's Gull (Hampshire), Black Brant (East Yorkshire), two Kumlien's Gulls, three each of Ring-billed Gull, American Wigeon, Yellow-browed Warbler, and Lapland Bunting, 10 Ring-necked Ducks, 12 Glossy Ibises, 19 Shorelarks, and 27 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA