Tuesday 20th February 2007
	Expert opinion confirmed the identity of both Pacific Divers although, whilst the juvenile showed well at Llys-y-Fran Reservoir, Pembrokeshire, the adult at Penzance, Cornwall proved more elusive Two Snowy Owls together on Lewis, Western Isles was a surprise whilst, elsewhere in Scotland, the Barrow's Goldeneye remained in Forth and the Bonaparte's Gull in Angus.  In Wales the Black Scoter showed again off Conwy whilst in England the Penduline Tit remained in London as did the Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall. The mobile Glossy Ibis made a brief appearance on Merseyside and plenty of other long-staying rarities included five Lesser Scaups, three Long-billed Dowitchers, a Lesser Yellowlegs and a Ferruginous Duck.
-  Chris Batty, RBA