Monday 19th March 2018
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of an American Herring Gull in County Clare at Kilkee whilst nearby the King Eider remained at Flaggy Shore. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Horned Lark still in Surrey, Black Kite on the Orkney Isles and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included five Bluethroats - four together in Kent at Dungeness and one in Suffolk at Landguard - Common Rosefinch (Devon), Hoopoe (Cornwall), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Somerset), American Wigeon (Ayrshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Wicklow), three each of Little Bunting, Glossy Ibis and Grey Phalarope, six Surf Scoters, at least 13 Cattle Egrets and a total of 15 Waxwings. Spring migrant reports included Willow Warbler (Norfolk), two Ospreys, three Garganey and three Ring Ouzels.
-  Chris Batty, RBA