Thursday 25th February 2016
	Today's rarity highlights included Hooded Merganser (Wiltshire), White-billed Diver and Pacific Diver (Cornwall), Long-billed Dowitchers (Northumberland, Hampshire and Leicestershire), Gyr (Western Isles), Penduline Tits (Hampshire and Gloucestershire), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan) and King Eider (Fife). The best of rest included Pallas's Warbler (Dorset), Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Hoopoe (West Midlands/Staffordshire), two Surf Scoters, two American Wigeons, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Richard's Pipits, four Yellow-browed Warblers and four Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA