Sunday 19th February 2023
	Discoveries today included a Black-throated Thrush in North Yorkshire at Wykeham - the fourth to be located so far this winter - and a Penduline Tit in Somerset at Ham Wall. Other rarities comprised American Herring Gull and Isabelline Wheatear both still in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Greater Yellowlegs in County Waterford, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Pallid Harrier, Long-billed Dowitcher, and three Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, Hume's Warblers in Kent and Somerset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, King Eider Cleveland, and Lesser Scaups in both Somerset and Surrey. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (County Durham), Richard's Pipit (Isles of Scilly), Great Grey Shrike (Hampshire), two each of American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, and Snow Goose, three of Ring-billed Gull and Green-winged Teal, 10 of Shorelark and Glossy Ibis, 16 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 27 Waxwings. Significant late news concerned a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll present yesterday at Kergord, Shetland.
-  Chris Batty, RBA