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Wednesday 28th February 2018  
  Lingering rarities today comprised the Ross's Gull and Stilt Sandpiper both still in Dorset and the Horned Lark in Surrey.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (London), Richard's Pipit and Yellow-browed Warbler (together in South Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Devon), two Lapland Buntings (together in Kent), four Ring-necked Ducks, seven Glossy Ibises, 12 each of both Shorelark and Waxwing.

Incoming spring migrants comprised a Wheatear in Lancashire and two Garganey in Hampshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA