Thursday 12th March 2020
	The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Ross's Gull in Devon; today in Plymouth having first been seen at South Huish Marsh on 9th March. Rarities elsewhere comprised both the Laughing Gull and Kentish Plover still in Somerset, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and Ferruginous Duck in the West Midlands. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (County Cork), Ring-necked Duck (Bedfordshire), Lapland Bunting (Cornwall), Kumlien's Gull (Glamorgan), two Surf Scoters, and a total of seven Great Grey Shrikes. Commoner spring migrants included 33 Sand Martins, seven Wheatears, two each of both Garganey and Swallow, and a Ring Ouzel.
-  Chris Batty, RBA