Wednesday 18th March 2009
	The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the white morph Gyr at Annagh on The Mullet, County Mayo. Rarities elsewhere included the Penduline Tit in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk, two King Eiders in County Sligo, Lesser Scaups in both Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire, single Great White Egrets in Clyde and Suffolk and the Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Cattle Egret reports totaled nineteen birds in seven counties comprising thirteen in Cornwall and singles in Cheshire, Dorset, Pembrokeshire, Isles of Scilly, Suffolk and Wiltshire. Evidence of spring arrivals included Hoopoes in both County Cork and Gwynedd and at least 76 Garganey spread between ten counties.
-  Chris Batty, RBA