Sunday 3rd March 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Red-rumped Swallow still on the Isles of Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk and Pied-billed Grebe on the Shetland Isles but there there was no sign of the Tengmalm's Owl. Early migrants recorded were Osprey (Fife), Little Ringed Plover (Hampshire), four House Martins and a total of 83 Sand Martins across 19 counties. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (County Wexford), American Wigeon (Highland), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Great Grey Shrike, Lapland Bunting and Glossy Ibis, three Ring-necked Ducks and a total of 25 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA