Monday 8th December 2025
	The highlight of the day was an adult male Bufflehead discovered in Flintshire at Point of Ayr. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Lesser Crested Tern and Desert Wheatear both still in Devon, Scops Owl and Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan, Harlequin Duck in County Donegal, Eastern Black Redstart in North Yorkshire, Hume's Warbler and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Dusky Warbler in County Waterford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo, and Lesser Scaup in Surrey.
-  Chris Batty, RBA