Friday 8th February 2019
	Highlight of the day was an adult Black-browed Albatross, which flew past Lizard Point (Cornwall) late afternoon. Elsewhere a Bonaparte's Gull was discovered in Co Galway and Blyth's Reed Warbler (Greater Manchester), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Ferruginous Duck (Essex), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset) and Spotted Sandpiper (Co Waterford) all lingered. The best of the rest included Hoopoe (Co Tyrone), Glossy Ibis (Co Wexford), Ring-necked Duck (Highland), Kumlien's Gull (Suffolk), Todd's Canada Goose (Argyll), Black Brant (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (Co Waterford), two Pallas's Warblers (Co Durham and Cornwall), two Great Grey Shrikes, three Green-winged Teals and 25 Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA