Wednesday 4th March 2015
	Rarities today comprised Pacific Diver and King Eider both still in Cornwall, Laughing Gulls in both County Cork and Wirral, Black Scoter in County Kerry, Black Duck on the Isles of Scilly, King Eider in Fife, and the Ross's Goose in Northumberland. Scarcities included two Serins still together in Essex, Yellow-browed Warbler in Devon, Little Bunting (Cornwall and Glamorgan), American Wigeon (Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire), three each of both Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, and 11 Ring-billed Gulls. The first Ospreys of the spring were seen over-flying Dorset and North Yorkshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA