Tuesday 8th April 2014
	Rarities today comprised the Red-rumped Swallow still in Dorset, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, Dusky Warbler in Suffolk, Two-barred Crossbill in both Norfolk (2) and Shropshire, Ferruginous Duck confirmed in Northumberland, and a Bee-eater heard in West Sussex. Scarcities included five Hoopoes, four each of both Glossy Ibis and Lapland Bunting, three each of Surf Scoter and Ring-necked Duck, two Snow Geese, Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and Little Auk (Cumbria). Gull totals included eight Glaucous, six Iceland and a Ring-billed.
-  Chris Batty, RBA