RBA daily news 4th March 2014

Lingering rarities included American Coot in Highland, Red-flanked Bluetail on the Gloucestershire/Wiltshire border,Little Bunting in Lincolnshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler and probable Chinese Pond Heron in Kent,Ferruginous Duck an Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Pied-billed Grebe on Western Isles, Lesser Scaups in Highland and Staffordshire, Two-barred Crossbills in Norfolk and Gloucestershire (2), Bonaparte's Gull andRichardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll, Laughing Gull in Co Cork and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Co Sligo. The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit and Yellow-browed Warbler in Somerset. Thanks to Rare Bird Alert RBA