Thursday 2nd January 2025
	Today's new rarities consisted of a Least Sandpiper at Steart WWT in Somerset, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Pennington Marshes in Hampshire, and a Lesser Scaup at Lough Sallagh in County Leitrim. Existing rarities today comprised the Yellow Warbler in Kent, Grey-headed Lapwing in Northumberland, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Long-billed Dowitcher and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Ferruginous Ducks in London, Hertfordshire, and Warwickshire, Penduline Tit in Cheshire, Pacific Diver in County Clare, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Canvasback in Essex, and Lesser Scaups in Staffordshire, Essex, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, and County Wexford(2).
-  Ben Clark, RBA