Sunday 27th March 2011
	Rarities around Britain today comprised the Short-toed Treecreeper still in Suffolk, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Red-breasted Goose in Perth and Kinross, Blue-winged Teal in Carmarthenshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Anglesey and Glamorgan, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Merseyside, and single Ross's Geese in both Lothian and Perth and Kinross. In Ireland lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Stejneger's Scoter and the White-billed Diver both still in County Kerry, House Crow in County Cork, Taverner's Canada Goose in County Sligo, and Northern Harriers in both County Wexford and County Wicklow. The best of rest included two Serins together in Kent, an American Wigeon in Northumberland, a Spotted Crake in Warwickshire, with single Hoopoes in both Cornwall and Devon.
-  Chris Batty, RBA