Monday 5th March 2012
	A Siberian Stonechat in Co Wexford and flyby Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland were today's headline discoveries, whilst a Long-billed Dowitcher reappeared in Dorset. Lingering rarities comprised Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Hooded Merganser in Kent, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Paddyfield Warbler in West Sussex, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire and Glossy Ibises in Dorset (2) and Pembrokeshire (3). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starlings in Ayrshire and Hampshire, Yellow-browed Warblers in Cornwall and Somerset and Pectoral Sandpipers in Ayrshire and Argyll.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA