Sunday 13th April 2008
	A female Penduline Tit was trapped and ringed in the Wiltshire section of the Cotswold Water Park this morning, but it failed to show later in the day. In Devon the stunning male Little Crake continued to attract the crowds to Exminster Marshes RSPB, and the King Eider, Falcated Duck and eleven Cattle Egrets also remained in the same county. Elsewhere Cattle Egrets remained in London, Essex, Norfolk and at least sixteen were still in Cornwall. Other rarities included Spotted Sandpiper in Forth, three Black-winged Stilts in Cornwall and several Lesser Scaups, and scarcities came in the form of Hoopoes in Dorset and Gloucestershire, Pallas's Warblers in Northumberland and Dorset, Purple Heron in Cornwall and Night Heron on Fair Isle. A Grey-bellied Brant was amongst Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Killough harbour, Co Down and a Dotterel was noted at Tacumshin, Co Wexford.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA