Wednesday 19th March 2014
	The highlights of the day came from Suffolk where a Dusky Warbler was discovered at Oulton Marshes, and the Olive-backed Pipit was relocated in Leiston. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the American Coot still in Highland, Red-breasted Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, King Eider in County Donegal, and single Two-barred Crossbills in each of Gloucestershire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Surrey. Scarcities included Night Heron (Isles of Scilly), Serin (Kent), American Wigeon (Cambridgeshire), Ring-necked Duck (Argyll), Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire), Lapland Bunting (Ayrshire), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler, Surf Scoter and Rough-legged Buzzard, three Glossy Ibises, and six Parrot Crossbills. Gull totals included 20 Iceland, 14 Glaucous, seven Kumlien's and four Caspian. Incoming migrants included a Ring Ouzel in Suffolk, four House Martins in Somerset, Osprey in both Lincolnshire and Surrey, and a total of 14 Garganey.
-  Chris Batty, RBA