Monday 2nd April 2012
	In Co Mayo a drake Falcated Duck was discovered with Wigeon at Cross Lough on The Mullet. Elsewhere in Ireland a Black-winged Stilt lingered in Co Wexford and the Pallid Harrier reappeared in Co Galway. Lingering rarities included Greater Yellowlegs and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Blue-winged Teals in Clyde and Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset (2) and Carmarthenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Gloucestershire, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Red-breasted Goose in Dumfries & Galloway, Northern Waterthrush on Isles of Scilly, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire and Little Bunting in Devon. Glossy Ibises were logged in Pembrokeshire (3), Dorset (2), Cleveland, Western Isles, Essex, Co Cork and Suffolk. A Bee-eater was reported in West Yorkshire and a Black Kite was reported over Surrey. The best of the rest included Night Herons in Cornwall and Co Cork, Richard's Pipit in Norfolk, Hoopoes in Co Cork, Cornwall (2) and Gloucestershire and Yellow-browed Warbler in Worcestershire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA