Wednesday 14th March 2018
	Rarity highlights comprised Horned Lark (Surrey), King Eider (Co Clare), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire), Ferruginous Duck (Powys) and Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk). The best of the rest included Little Bunting (London), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk), Cackling or Canada Goose (Western Isles), Tundra Bean Goose (Northumberland), two Green-winged Teals, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Surf Scoters, nine Shorelarks and 15 Waxwings (Aberdeenshire). In addition to many reports of Sand Martins, records of summer migrants included Whimbrel (Bedfordshire), Manx Shearwater (Devon), two Garganey, two Willow Warblers, three White Wagtails, six Swallows, seven Ospreys, eight Little Ringed Plovers and 21 Wheatears.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA