Sunday 26th March 2023
	Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly, Double-crested Cormorant still in County Leitrim, both Black Scoter and Richardson's Cackkling Goose in Northumberland, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cheshire and Norfolk, King Eiders in Cleveland and Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Lesser Scaups in Clyde, Oxfordshire, and Somerset, and in County Cork the part of three Penduline Tits were relocated at Lough Beg. The Alpine Swift influx continued with 20 logged today across 10 counties comprising 14 in Britain and six in Ireland and including new birds in County Armagh, London, and Staffordshire. Scarities included Richard's Pipit (Scilly), Little Bunting (Cornwall), two each of Hoopoe, Great Grey Shrike, Ring-billed Gull, American Wigeon, and Surf Scoter, four Green-winged Teals, eight Glossy Ibises, nine Shorelarks, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 15 Waxwings. Incoming summer migrants included 23 Garganey, three each of Ring Ouzel and Yellow Wagtail, and a Sedge Warbler.
-  Chris Batty, RBA