Sunday 18th March 2018
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of three Bluethroats with two together at Dungeness in Kent and one in Suffolk at Trimley Marshes. In Cornwall the first two Hoopoes of the spring were located at Sparnon and Tywardreath whilst other spring migrants today included two each of Garganey and Swallow and a total of 11 White Wagtails. Rarities today comprised the Snowy Owl still on the Isles of Scilly, Horned Lark still in Surrey and King Eider still in County Cork. Scarcities elsewhere comprised Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk), Lapland Bunting (Northumberland), two each of Little Bunting, American Wigeon, Great Grey Shrike and Grey Phalarope, three Surf Scoters (together in Cornwall), four Ring-billed Gulls, five Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 13 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA