Sunday 7th March 2021
	Rarities today comprised a Ferruginous Duck new in Wiltshire at Wardour, the Pied-billed Grebe still in Lancashire, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Kentish Plover and three Penduline Tits in Somerset, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, Bonaparte's Gull in County Cork, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Devon and County Waterford, and two Long-billed Dowitchers together in County Wexford. Scarcities included Night Heron (Cornwall), Hoopoe (Isles of Scilly), Little Bunting (Surrey), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), two each of American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, and Black Brant, three of Ring-billed Gull and Great Grey Shrike, five of Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, six Lapland Buntings, and a total of 11 Ring-necked Ducks. Other incoming spring migrants included Garganey (Cambridgeshire), two Swallows, five Little Ringed Plovers, eight Wheatears, 14 White Wagtails, and a total of 99 Sand Martins.
-  Chris Batty, RBA