Sunday 4th March 2018
	Rarities today comprised the Ross's Gull still in Dorset, Horned Lark in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Donegal, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk (3) and Suffolk. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Orkney Isles), Little Bunting (London), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (East Sussex), American Wigeon (Devon), Glossy Ibis (County Wicklow), two Surf Scoters (together in County Wexford), three Grey Phalaropes (together in Northumberland), four each of both both Ring-necked Duck and Ring-billed Gull, and a total of 38 Waxwings. Incoming summer migrants included a Little Ringed Plover in Worcestershire and four Garganey in Devon.
-  Chris Batty, RBA