Saturday 2nd March 2013
	Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck still on the Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Somerset, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Penduline Tit in Kent, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Bonaparte's Gulls in both County Dublin and Glamorgan (2), Long-billed Dowitchers in Pembrokeshire and County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Richardson's Canada Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, County Sligo and Western Isles, White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Bedfordshire, Glossy Ibis in Hampshire and Pembrokeshire, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, and Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (Norfolk), Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Common Rosefinch (Dorset), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent and Norfolk (4)), American Wigeon (Devon), Surf Scoter (Conwy (4), Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Lancashire and Pembrokeshire), Ring-necked Duck (Devon (2), East Yorkshire, Isles of Scilly (3), County Waterford and the Western Isles), and Lapland Bunting (46 in Cornwall). Notable gulls comprised 15 Iceland, 13 Glaucous, eight Caspian, seven Ring-billed and two Kumlien's.
-  Chris Batty, RBA