Tuesday 20th March 2012
	Headline rare passerines included the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Northern Waterthrush on Isles of Scilly, Siberian Stonechat in Co Wexford and Little Bunting in Devon. Rare waders came in the form of Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, Spotted Sandpiper and two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall. Elsewhere a Blue-winged Teal lingered in Cornwall, the Red-breasted Goose reappeared in Dumfries & Galloway, a Lesser Scaup was still in Somerset and Glossy Ibises were logged in Norfolk (6) and Pembrokeshire (3). The best of the rest included Night Herons in Cornwall (2) and Devon, Rose-coloured Starlings in Ayrshire and Hampshire, Yellow-browed Warblers in Somerset, Worcestershire, Devon and West Sussex, Pectoral Sandpiper in Ayrshire and Cattle Egrets in Berkshire and Dorset. In Northumberland a probable female Harlequin Duck was reported off Stag Rocks, Bamburgh and in Cumbria the Laughing Gull was reported again at Standing Tarn.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA