Tuesday 10th March 2009
	The highlight of the day was the earliest ever arrival of a Caspian Tern to the British Isles, it was watched briefly at Duncannon, County Wexford in the early afternoon. From Cornwall news arrived of a Gyr at Porthcothan, reported to have been present in the area for several days. Lingering rarities comprised both Bonaparte's Gull and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, King Eider in Fife, Lesser Scaup in Nottinghamshire and Great White Egret in Clyde with Cattle Egrets in Cornwall (2), Devon, Pembrokeshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire. Scarcities included eight Great Grey Shrikes, three Ring-billed Gulls, two each of American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Rough-legged Buzzard, Caspian Gull and Kumlien's Gull and singles of Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Snow Goose and Green-winged Teal.
-  Chris Batty, RBA