Sunday 24th March 2013
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Harlequin Duck on the Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Somerset, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshre, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire, two Black-bellied Dippers together in Norfolk, and single Lesser Scaups in County Armagh, Clyde, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Herefordshire and Lincolnshire. Scarce migrants included a White-spotted Bluethroat in Dorset at Portland, with a Kentish Plover nearby at Ferrybridge, and in Cornwall a Serin at Porthgwarra. Around Britain totals of 11 Garganey, 18 Ring Ouzels and 43 Black Redstarts were logged. Winter scarcities comprised Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Surf Scoter (Fife), American Wigeon (Orkney Isles), Temminck's Stint (Somerset), Great Grey Shrike (Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Surrey), and Ring-billed Gull (one in Hampshire, and six in Ireland).
-  Chris Batty, RBA