Tuesday 18th February 2014
	Rarities today comprised both American Coot and Black Duck in Highland, Red-flanked Bluetail in Wiltshire, Ross's Gull and King Eider in County Cork, Ross's Gull in County Dublin, Laughing Gull and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Warwickshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Fife, Lesser Scaup in County Donegal, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, and Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (3), Shropshire (3) and South Yorkshire. In Kent the probable Chinese Pond Heron showed again at Saltwood. Scarcities included Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire), two Lesser Snow Geese, three each of both Shorelark and Lapland Bunting, four each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Yellow-browed Warbler and Ring-necked Duck, five Surf Scoters, and 12 Parrot Crossbills. Gull tallies included 47 Glaucous, 27 Iceland, 16 Kumlien's, 15 Ring-billed and five Caspian.
-  Chris Batty, RBA