Saturday 18th February 2012
	In Gwent the Common Yellowthroat remained in Rhiwderyn. Elsewhere lingering rare passerines included Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco (Hampshire) and two Coues's Arctic Redpolls (Norfolk). Red-breasted Geese remained in Dumfries & Galloway, Devon, Suffolk and Essex, Lesser Scaup lingered in Glamorgan and Gloucestershire, a White-billed Diver was still off Fetlar (Shetland) and the adult Bonaparte's Gull reappeared in Glamorgan. Rare waders comprised Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset and Long-billed Dowitchers in Wexford (2) and Carmarthenshire. Glossy Ibises were logged in Ceredigion, Lancashire, Co Wicklow, Somerset, Dorset and Pembrokeshire (3). The best of the rest included Parrot Crossbill in West Sussex, American Wigeons in Devon and West Yorkshire and Ring-necked Ducks in Cleveland, Cornwall, Ayrshire, Co Mayo, Dorset (2) and Co Waterford (2).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA