Sunday 27th March 2016
	A smart adult Thayer's Gull spent this afternoon on the scrape at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk. Lingering rarities included the Black Scoter in County Kerry, Gyr in the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in Leicestershire and Northumberland, two Penduline Tits in Cleveland, White-billed Diver in Moray and King Eider in County Wexford. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Pallas's Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Little Auks, two American Wigeon, three Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, four Lapland Buntings and five Shorelarks.
-  Will Soar, RBA