Friday 7th February 2014
	Significant late news concerned a Myrtle Warbler in County Durham, seen during the RSPB Garden Birdwatch in late January, but the exact location hasn't been released to the general public. An American Herring Gull was found at Killybegs, County Donegal today, with single White-billed Divers also found at Reay, Highland, Snarravoe, Shetland and Tiumpan Head, Western Isles. Lingering rarity highlights included the Red-flanked Bluetail on the Gloucestershire/Wiltshire border, American Coot and Black Duck in Highland, American Herring Gull in Argyll, Ross's Gull in County Dublin, Laughing Gull in County Cork, Forster's Tern and King Eider in County Mayo, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cheshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Warwickshire single Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and Staffordshire and Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire. A Two-barred Crossbill was in Norfolk and eight were in Gloucestershire.
-  Will Soar, RBA