Thursday 14th February 2019
	New on the scene was a Black Duck near Rhayader, Powys, for its second day. Continuing rarities included Blyth's Reed Warbler in Greater Manchester, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Western Isles. Scarcities were represented by a Temminck's Stint, two Pallas's Warblers, seven Yellow-browed Warblers, a Great Grey Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Richard's Pipit, a Ring-billed Gull, two Kumlien's Gulls, 13 Iceland Gulls, 14 Glaucous Gulls, three Rough-legged Buzzards, 19 Glossy Ibises, 53 Taiga Bean Geese, a Tundra Bean Goose, a Todd's Canada Goose, five Ring-necked Ducks, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teal and three Surf Scoters.
-  David Campbell, RBA