Saturday 14th February 2015
	Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, American Coot in County Kerry, Black Scoters in both County Kerry and Northumberland, Laughing Gull in Wirral, three Penduline Tits in Devon, Blue-winged Teal and White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, King Eider in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, Lesser Scaup in Ayrshire and Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire, Ross's Goose in Northumberland and Black-bellied Dipper in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), two each of Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret, three of Little Bunting, Surf Scoter, Ring-necked Duck and Shorelark, seven American Wigeons, nine Rough-legged Buzzards and 15 Great Grey Shrikes. Other notable gulls were 17 Iceland, 16 Glaucous, 11 Caspian, six Ring-billed and a Kumlien's.
-  Chris Batty, RBA