Friday 7th March 2014
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were both the American Coot and Black Duck in Highland, Red-flanked Bluetail in Wiltshire, American Herring Gull and Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in both Kent and Warwickshire, and the Chinese Pond Heron in Kent. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Highland), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler and Lapland Bunting, six Glossy Ibises, and seven Parrot Crossbills, with gull totals comprising 25 Glaucous, 22 Iceland, seven Kumlien's, seven Caspian and five Ring-billed. Summer migrants included three Garganey (Buckinghamshire (2) and Suffolk), Osprey in Hampshire, Wheatear in Argyll, Sand Martin in both Gloucestershire and London, and two White Wagtails in Dorset.
-  Chris Batty, RBA