Monday 24th March 2014
	In Essex a Snowy Owl was at Mucking Flats this morning before it flew inland. Lingering rarities included American Coot and Lesser Scaup in Highland, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Cheshire, Dusky Warbler in Suffolk and Two-barred Crossbills in South Yorkshire (5), Norfolk (3), Kent and Surrey. In Cornwall an American Herring Gull was reported at Colliford Lake and in Dorset a Red-breasted Goose was reported in Poole Harbour. The best of the rest included Hoopoes in Kent and Isles of Scilly, Cattle Egrets in Suffolk and Buckinghamshire, Yellow-browed Warbler in Worcestershire, White-tailed Eagle in Suffolk and Glossy Ibises in Co Sligo (2), Cambridgeshire (2), Perth and Kinross, Somerset and Nottinghamshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA