Thursday 10th March 2022
	Rarities today comprised the Egyptian Vulture still in County Roscommon, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Forster's Tern and Ross's Gull both in County Galway, Baikal Teals in both Somerset and East Yorkshire, Black Scoter and White-billed Diver in Northumberland, Ross's Goose in Aberdeenshire, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, three Penduline Tits together in Somerset, and on the Western Isles three each of both Richardson's Cackling Goose and Lesser Scaup. Scarcities included Serin (Hertfordshire), Little Bunting (East Sussex), Hoopoe and Yellow-browed Warbler (Cambridgeshire), American Wigeon (Lincolnshire), Kumlien's Gull (Cornwall), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Great Grey Shrike, and Waxwing, four Green-winged Teals, six Shorelarks, seven Surf Scoters, 15 Glossy Ibises, 16 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 23 Lapland Buntings. Spring migrants included Ring Ouzel and Swallow (Cornwall), Garganey (Suffolk), Arctic Skua (Isle of Wight), House Martin (Surrey), Little Ringed Plover (Nottinghamshire), 14 Sand Martins, and 19 Wheatears.
-  Chris Batty, RBA