Thursday 7th March 2019
	A Red-rumped Swallow was found at Youghal, Co.Cork. Ongoing rarities were represented by Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, The best of the rest were two Rough-legged Buzzards, 16 Shorelarks, Richard's Pipit, Pallas's Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teal, an American Wigeon, three Ring-necked Ducks, two Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, 10 Iceland Gulls, four Glaucous Gulls, and two vagrant White-tailed Eagles (West Sussex and Shetland). Spring migrants included 150 Sand Martins, a House Martin, 11 Swallows, a White Wagtail and five Wheatears.
-  David Campbell, RBA