Monday 13th March 2023
	The highlight of the day was an incredible seven Alpine Swifts together in Dungarvan, County Waterford. Associated arrivals from the south included 82 Sand Martins, seven Little Ringed Plovers, six White Wagtails, five Swallows, four of both Garganey and House Martin, and a Wheatear in Cornwall. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Coues's Arctic Redpoll confirmed in Cleveland at Dorman's Pool, Richardson's Cackling Goose still in Northumberland, King Eider in Cleveland, and Lesser Scaups in both Oxfordshire and Somerset. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Hertfordshire), American Wigeon (Oxfordshire), Great Grey Shrike (West Sussex), Yellow-browed Warbler (Lancashire), Black Brant (Kent), two Green-winged Teals, three Waxwings, four each of both Ring-billed Gull and Shorelark, and a total of six Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA