Wednesday 20th February 2013
	In Scotland two mega-rarities were available - the Harlequin Duck on Western Isles and Pine Grosbeak on Shetland. Elsewhere lingering rarities comprised Pied-billed Grebe in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk, Ferruginous Duck in Bedfordshire, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Long-billed Dowitcher and Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll (3) and Western Isles. In Ireland the American Coot in Co Galway and a Richardson's Canada Goose in Co Mayo were recorded. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle in Norfolk and Pallas's Warbler on the Berkshire/Hampshire border.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA