Wednesday 21st March 2012
	News of the presence of a Red-breasted Goose with Greylags in Cumbria was released today; the bird has been present in the Lowther Valley for the last couple of weeks, and today was joined by a Snow Goose. Other long staying rarities seen today included the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Spanish Sparrow in Hampshire, Greater Yellowlegs in Highland, Northern Waterthrush in the Isles of Scilly and House Crow in County Cork. The rest of the rarities were headlined by the Little Bunting in Devon, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset and Dumfries and Galloway, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Red-breasted Goose in Dumfries and Galloway and single Lesser Scaups in Highland and Gloucestershire. Glossy Ibises were present in Norfolk (4), Pembrokeshire (3), Dorset (2), Suffolk and County Galway.
-  Will Soar, RBA