Wednesday 15th February 2023
	A White-billed Diver in Shetland flew south past Boddam, as well as a King Eider seen yesterday from a ship north of Fetlar. The other notable species was a new American Herring Gull in Cornwall, on Lelant Saltings Rarities elsewhere comprised the Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, White-rumped Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Greater Yellowlegs in County Waterford, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in County Mayo, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Red-breasted Goose in Cumbria, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pallid Harrier, and three Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, King Eiders in Cleveland and Shetland, and a Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcities included a Pallas's Warbler, a Todd's Canada Goose, seven Glaucous Gulls, two Richard's Pipits, a Great Grey Shrike, an American Wigeon, 12 Taiga Bean Geese, 11 Ring-necked Ducks, nine Shorelarks, seven Tundra Bean Geese four Glossy Ibises, two Surf Scoters, two Little Buntings, five Green-winged Teal, 16 Waxwings, and a total of 7 Iceland Gulls.
-  Ben Clark, RBA