Thursday 23rd February 2012
	The highlight of the day was the arrival of five Glossy Ibises in Norfolk at Berney Marshes. The flock later dispersed, and perhaps it was one of these birds that reached Minsmere, Suffolk later in the afternoon. A newly arrived Lesser Scaup at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset, was apparently the same male that had been present at Newquay, Cornwall for five days until yesterday; a movement of 125 miles to the northeast. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, both Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Paddyfield Warbler in West Sussex, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Blue-winged Teal on the Isles of Scilly, two Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wexford, Lesser Scaups in both Glamorgan and Gloucestershire, Glossy Ibises in both Dorset and Lancashire, Ross's Geese in both Norfolk and Dumfries and Galloway, and Ferruginous Duck in Berkshire. Scarcities included 50 Tundra Bean Geese and 81 Smew, with gull tallies including 38 Iceland, nine Glaucous, four Ring-billed, four Caspian and two Kumlien's.
-  Chris Batty, RBA