Monday 11th February 2019
	The main event of the day was the release of the Ivory Gull at Stevenston Point, Ayrshire soon after which it flew off north. This adult bird had been taken into care on 23rd January after having been picked up in a garden in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway. Rarities elsewhere comprised the long-staying Snowy Owl still on Eday, the elusive Blyth's Reed Warbler still in Greater Manchester, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Conwy), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Surf Scoter (Lothian) and Snow Goose (County Wexford), two each of Pallas's Warbler and Ring-billed Gull, four Great Grey Shrikes, nine each of both Ring-necked Duck and Yellow-browed Warbler, 15 Glossy Ibises and a total of 22 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA