Saturday 20th March 2010
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pallid Swift at Cefn Sidan Sands, Carmarthenshire: only the third March record in the British Isles, and the earliest ever to arrive here by five days. Associated arrivals included an Alpine Swift lingering in Berkshire near Wargrave, at least one Red-rumped Swallow between Marazion and Gwithian, Cornwall, and a Little Bittern reported briefly at Easebourne, West Sussex. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Pacific Diver in County Clare, the Bufflehead in Dorset, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Penduline Tit in Suffolk, King Eider in Moray, Little Bunting in Highland, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, three Glossy Ibises in Somerset, single Lesser Scaups in each of Clyde, Glamorgan and Somerset, Ferruginous Ducks in both County Armagh and Somerset and the Hooded Merganser still in Cleveland. Scarities included eight each of both Glaucous Gull and Waxwing, six Ring-billed Gulls, four Great White Egrets, three each of Cattle Egret and Green-winged Teal, two each of American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Great Grey Shrike and Iceland Gull and single Hoopoe (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Devon), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and Tundra Bean Goose (Aberdeenshire).
-  Chris Batty, RBA