Sunday 18th February 2024
	The highlight of the day was the unexpected discovery of a Gull-billed Tern in County Cork at Kilkeran Lake. Rarities elsewhere comprised Baikal Teal and Kentish Plover both still in Somerset, Black Duck still in County Mayo, Black Scoter in Norfolk, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Hampshire, and Northumberland, Pallid Harriers in Glamorgan, Norfolk, and Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Suffolk and County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo, two Ferruginous Ducks together in Warwickshire, and Lesser Scaups in County Armagh, Cheshire, Clyde, Essex (5), and Pembrokeshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA