Thursday 16th January 2025
	Discoveries today included a Ross's Goose in Shetland at Scatsta and a Lesser Scaup in Dorset at Longham Lakes. Continuing rarities confirmed as strill present were the Booted Eagle in Cornwall, American Coot and Bufflehead in Shetland, Least Sandpiper in Somerset, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Red-breasted Goose in Cumbria, Pallid Harrier in Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull and Lesser Scaup in County Cork, and Ferruginous Ducks in Lincolnshire, London, and Warwickshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA