Thursday 29th March 2012
	An Alpine Swift at Havant, Hampshire was just a brief encounter, but elsewhere lingering rarities comprised the Common Yellowthroat still in Gwent, Greater Yellowlegs and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Blue-winged Teal and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper and two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset, single Lesser Scaups in both Glamorgan or Highland, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, and Glossy Ibises in Cleveland, Dorset (2), Essex, Lancashire, Suffolk and Western Isles. Additional notables included seven Hoopoes recorded between Co Cork (2), Co Kerry and Cornwall (4), a Night Heron in Cornwall, and a Purple Heron in County Waterford.
-  Chris Batty, RBA