Monday 5th March 2018
	Rarities today comprised the Ross's Gull still in Dorset, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included Little Bunting (London), Rose-coloured Starling (Pembrokeshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Grey Phalarope (Northumberland), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk), two each of Ring-necked Duck, Lapland Bunting and Surf Scoter, four Ring-billed Gulls, seven Shorelarks (Norfolk), 12 Waxwings (Moray), and in England two Parrot Crossbills (Berkshire). Incoming spring arrivals included five Garganey between Devon and Dorset.
-  Chris Batty, RBA