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Monday 19th March 2012  
  Today's headline discovery was a Little Bunting at South Milton Ley (Devon). Elsewhere lingering rarities comprised Blue-winged Teal and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Somerset, Greater Yellowlegs and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Lesser Scaup and Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Siberian Stonechat in Co Wexford and Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset. A Lesser Scaup was also reported in Glamorgan.

The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling and Pectoral Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Richard's Pipit in Dorset, Night Herons in Devon and Cornwall, Cattle Egret in Gloucestershire and Yellow-browed Warblers in Devon and Worcestershire. Glossy Ibises were logged in Norfolk (4), Co Galway, Lancashire, Suffolk and Cleveland.

Unconfirmed reports related to a possible Lesser White-fronted Goose in Aberdeenshire and a report of a tattler species in Dorset yesterday.
Stuart Piner, RBA