Sunday 19th February 2012
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a pair of Two-barred Crossbills in Norfolk at Lynford Arboretum: the first in that county since December 2002. Elsewhere, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll was identified in Cambridgeshire at Woodwalton Fen, as was an American Golden Plover in Cornwall at Crowdy Reservoir, and Lesser Scaups in both County Cavan at Belturbet and Cornwall at Newquay. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Paddyfield Warbler in West Sussex, Pallid Harrier in County Galway, Red-breasted Geese in both Devon, Dumfries and Galloway and Suffolk, Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, two Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Gloucestershire, Northern Long-tailed Tit in North Yorkshire, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, Ross's Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, Ferruginous Duck in Berkshire, Glossy Ibises in Ceredigion, Dorset, Lancashire and Somerset. Scarce gulls included 332 Iceland, 41 Glaucous, 24 Kumlien's, five Ring-billed and two Caspian, whilst 49 Tundra Bean Geese were counted and 114 Smew were logged.
-  Chris Batty, RBA