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Wednesday 13th March 2013  
  The highlight of the day was the appearance of a Little Bunting in a mistnet at Rawcliffe Moss, Lancashire, although it flew north-west on release and wasn't seen again. A Glossy Ibis flew over the A55 in Gwynedd, towards Anglesey.

Lingering rarities included the Harlequin Duck on the Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, American Coot in County Galway, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Lesser Scaup in Clyde, Red-breasted Goose and Glossy Ibis in Hampshire and single Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll and County Mayo.
-  Will Soar, RBA