Thursday 28th February 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Tengmalm's Owl, Pied-billed Grebe, Coues's Acrtic Redpoll and two White-billed Divers all on the Shetland Isles, single Penduline Tits in both Dorset and London, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll and White-billed Diver on the Western Isles. Spring arrivals were again headlined by a Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly and supported by a Swift in Cornwall, two each of House Martin and White Wagtail, four Wheatears, 11 Swallows and a total of 190 Sand Martins across 22 counties. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (County Wexford), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Great Grey Shrike (Nottinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull and Temminck's Stint (both Cornwall), two each of Ring-necked Duck and Yellow-browed Warbler, five Glossy Ibises, and 15 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA