Saturday 19th February 2011
	The highlight of the day was confirmation of a Thayer's Gull present for its second day in County Galway at Rossaveal, today alongside an American Herring Gull. Elsewhere in Ireland the American Coot remained in County Mayo, as did the Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin and the Small Canada Goose in County Sligo. In Britain the Slaty-backed Gull reappeared in Essex at Pitsea, whilst lingering rarities comprised the Rufous Turtle Dove still in Oxfordshire, Pacific Diver and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Northern Harrier and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire, two Coues's Arctic Redpolls together in County Durham, and a Ross's Goose in Cumbria.
-  Chris Batty, RBA