Tuesday 12th April 2011
	A white morph Gyr flew over Port Nis at the north end of Lewis (Western Isles) early afternoon. Elsewhere lingering rarities included the Little Crake in West Sussex, Rufous Turtle Dove in Oxfordshire, Black Duck in Co Kerry, two White-billed Divers in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk and Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire. The best of the rest included six Hoopoes, four Woodchat Shrikes, three Purple Herons, three Green-winged Teals, two Ring-necked Ducks, White-spotted Bluethroat (Norfolk), Golden Oriole (Devon), White-tailed Eagle (Lincolnshire) and Great White Egret (Lancashire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA