Friday 3rd January 2025
	In Kent, at New Hythe, the Yellow Warbler was seen early in the morning but not subsequently and there was no sign at all of the Scops Owl at Broadstairs today. In Somerset, however, the Least Sandpiper showed on and off at Steart WWT reserve. The Grey-headed Lapwing remained in Northumberland, the drake Bufflehead was still on Foula in the Shetland Islands and the Baikal Teal was again present in Somerset. White-winged Scoters were to be found in both Angus and County Kerry. Other lingering rarities included Pacific Diver in County Clare, Long-billed Dowitchers in Norfolk and Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Lesser Scaups in County Leitrim, County Cork, County Wexford, Staffordshire, Fife, Cambridgeshire and Somerset, Ferruginous Ducks in Hertfordshire, London and Warwickshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Cork, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk and Northern Harrier in county Wexford.
-  Pete Hayman, RBA