Wednesday 17th February 2010
	The highlight of the day was discovery of a Snowy Owl on Lewis, Western Isles. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Forster's Tern still in County Galway, the Black Kite in Powys, Dusky Warbler in London, Little Bunting in Highland and, in Cornwall both the Black Duck and Long-billed Dowitcher. Scarcities included 72 Waxwings recorded across seven counties, 17 Shorelarks (Norfolk), five Green-winged Teals, four each of Snow Goose and Black Brant, three each of Great White Egret and Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two each of Ring-necked Duck and Cattle Egret (Cornwall) and single Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria) and American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway). Gulls included three Caspian, two each of Ring-billed and Iceland and a single Glaucous whilst flocks of displaced Bean Geese totaled 35 Tundra and 28 Taiga.
-  Chris Batty, RBA