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Wednesday 26th March 2014  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of 10 White-billed Divers together in Aberdeenshire at Portsoy, a regular site for this species. In Suffolk a Ferruginous Duck was new at Minsmere.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dusky Warbler in Suffolk, two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in Kent, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Glamorgan and Highland, King Eider in County Donegal and Lothian, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, and Two-barred Crossbills in Norfolk (4), Surrey and South Yorkshire (3).

Scarcities included Serin (Isles of Scilly), Yellow-browed Warbler (Worcestershire), Lesser Snow Goose (Angus), Ring-necked Duck (Argyll), two each of both Hoopoe and Surf Scoter, three Lapland Buntings, and four Glossy Ibises. Notable gulls included 16 Iceland, nine Glaucous, four Kumlien's and two Ring-billed.

Incoming migrants included 14 Garganey, 13 Ospreys, three Ring Ouzels, more Sedge Warblers, both Yellow and White Wagtail, and a Whinchat in Cambridgeshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA