Wednesday 25th February 2015
	Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck still in Highland, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Laughing Gull on Wirral, two Penduline Tits together in Devon, both Blue-winged Teal and White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, King Eider in Fife, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, Lesser Scaup in County Cavan and Glamorgan, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, and Black-bellied Dipper in East Yorkshire and on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Lapland Bunting (Somerset), two Cattle Egrets (Kent), three American Wigeons, four Shorelarks, five Surf Scoters, six Rough-legged Buzzards, eight Great Grey Shrikes and nine Waxwings. Gull tallies included 37 Iceland, 14 Glaucous, seven Caspian and three Ring-billed.
-  Chris Batty, RBA