Wednesday 27th March 2013
	Discoveries today included a Blue-winged Teal in County Kerry at Ballylongford, a White-billed Diver on the Western Isles off Lewis, and in Gwent the first Lesser Scaup for the county, at Tredegar. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Harlequin Duck on the Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Somerset, Black-throated Thrush in Aberdeenshire, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Blue-winged Teal in Dumfries and Galloway, Lesser Scaups in both Clyde and Lincolnshire, White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Ferruginous Duck in Oxfordshire and two Black-bellied Dippers together in Norfolk. Notable migrants included White-spotted Bluethroats in both Kent and the Isle of Wight, two Kentish Plovers together in East Sussex, Shorelark in Suffolk, and totals of 21 Ring Ouzels, 25 Garganey and 37 Black Redstarts.
-  Chris Batty, RBA