Saturday 2nd April 2022
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black Duck on Unst, Shetland at Baltasound, elsewhere 17 White-billed Divers were Portsoy with a futher 7 White-billed Divers off Whitehills. Other lingering rarities seen today included the Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, 3 Richardson's Cackling Geese with 2 in Western Isles and the other in Argyll, Baikal Teal in Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teals in Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire, 5 Lesser Scaup with 2 in Clyde and Wester Isles plus another in County Cork, King Eiders in Lothian and Highland, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford and Dusky Warbler in Norfolk. Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, four Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, 3 Spotted Crakes, 32 Glossy Ibises, 6 Green-winged Teals, 10 Ring-necked Ducks, 5 Glaucous Gulls and 9 Iceland Gulls.
-  Toby Carter, RBA