Monday 4th March 2013
	New discoveries comprised a Black Kite over Bough Beech Reservoir (Kent) and a White-billed Diver off Huna (Highland). In Flintshire the Lesser Scaup reappeared at Shotwick Boating Lake. Lingering rarities included Harlequin Duck in Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Somerset, Glossy Ibis in Hampshire, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, American Coot in Co Galway, Snowy Owl on the Aberdeenshire/ Moray border, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan. The Rose-coloured Starling in Devon, Pallas's Warbler on the Hampshire/ Berkshire border, Hoopoe in Dorset and White-tailed Eagle in Norfolk were all still present.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA