Sunday 16th February 2014
	Rarities today comprised the Myrtle Warbler still in County Durham, American Coot, Black Duck and Franklin's Gull in Highland, Ross's Gull and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Pied-billed Grebe on the Western Isles, Red-flanked Bluetail in Wiltshire, Forster's Tern and Lesser Scaup (2) in County Galway, Penduline Tit and Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (2) in Kent, Penduline Tit in Somerset, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Warwickshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in County Cork and Lothian (2), Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Staffordshire, and Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (2), Lincolnshire, Shropshire (2), Surrey and South Yorkshire (4). Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Kent), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), American Wigeon (County Armagh), two Rough-legged Buzzards, three Parrot Crossbills, four Ring-necked Ducks, six Snow Geese, nine each of both Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, and 14 Lapland Buntings. Notable gull tallies were 62 Glaucous, 25 Iceland, 17 Kumlien's, 12 Ring-billed and three Caspian.
-  Chris Batty, RBA