Wednesday 30th January 2019
	Dungarvan, Co Waterford, hosted a new Spotted Sandpiper. News emerged of a drake Lesser Scaup at Belfast Lough, Co.Antrim, present for its fourth day. Continuing rarities included Hume's Warbler in East Sussex, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper in Co.Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway and White-billed Divers in Shetland and Western Isles. The Black-throated Thrush near Swindon was reported to have still been present recently. Scarcities included a Pallas's Warbler, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, two Rose-coloured Starlings, five Great Grey Shrikes, 25 Shorelarks, a Common Rosefinch, 17 Glossy Ibises, six Rough-legged Buzzards, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, two American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, 10 Ring-necked Ducks, two Kumlien's Gulls, 14 Glaucous Gulls and 10 Iceland Gulls.
-  David Campbell, RBA