Wednesday 20th February 2019
	Today's highlights included a new Bonaparte's Gull in Co Cork, a returning Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll and lingered Spotted Sandpiper (Co Waterford), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Red-rumped Swallow (Glamorgan), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Penduline Tit (London) and Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Norfolk). Sadly the Tengmalm's Owl did not return to its daytime roost near Bixter on Mainland Shetland. The best of the rest included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Pallas's Warblers (Cornwall and Co Durham), Rose-coloured Starling (Conwy), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), Yellow-browed Warblers (two in Gloucestershire), Todd's Canada Goose (Argyll), three Rough-legged Buzzards, Glossy Ibises, Surf Scoters, Green-winged Teals and Ring-necked Ducks, five Shorelarks and seven Great Grey Shrikes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA