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Tuesday 12th March 2019  
  Rarities today were the Snowy Owl still on the Orkney Isles on Eday, and in Dorset the Lesser Yellowlegs remains at Lodmoor.

Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (South Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (County Meath), Glossy Ibis (Cornwall), two each of both Yellow-browed Warbler and Green-winged Teal, three of Ring-billed Gull and Ring-necked Duck and 11 Shorelarks.

Incoming spring migrants were Osprey, two House Martins, three each of both Little Ringed Plover and White Wagtail, and 11 Wheatears.
-  Chris Batty, RBA