Thursday 15th March 2007
	A quieter day today with no new rarities being reported, though plenty of commoner spring migrants continue to arrive. Chiffchaff and Sand Martin are both now abundant, there are plenty of Wheatears, White Wagtails and Little Ringed Plovers, while Ospreys, Swallows, House Martins, Willow Warblers and the odd Ring Ouzel are also being reported. On the rarity front, Cornwall is still leading the way with the White-billed Diver and Spotted Sandpiper both still on the Hayle Estuary, the Gyr is still present, though it is now roosting at Pentire Point and the American Herring Gull roosted again on St.Clement's Island. Elsewhere, the Long-billed Dowitchers were again on the Stour estuary on the Essex/Suffolk border and in Dundalk docks in Co.Louth, the Laughing Gull was still at Matford Pools in Devon and the Glossy Ibis was again at Ballam in Lancashire.  In Scotland, the Barrow's Goldenye was today in the centre Callander in Forth and the White-tailed Eagle was once more at the Loch of Strathbeg RSPB in Aberdeenshire.
-  Keith Langdon, RBA