Tuesday 6th March 2018
	New rarities discovered today were a Long-billed Dowitcher in County Tipperary at Ashton's Callows and a Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire at Cotswold Water Park. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Ross's Gull in Dorset, both Pacific Diver and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Horned Lark in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Donegal and single Coues's Arctic Redpolls in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included Serin and Little Bunting (together in London), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), two each of American Wigeon, Glossy Ibis and Waxwing, three each of both Ring-billed Gull and Great Grey Shrike, five Cattle Egrets, six Ring-necked Ducks and nine Shorelarks (together in Norfolk).
-  Chris Batty, RBA