Monday 18th March 2019
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a male Blue-winged Teal in Highland at Mellon Charles. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Penduline Tit in Kent at Grove Ferry, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll still in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Richardson's Cackling Goose on the Western Isles and a Black Kite flew over Hook, Hampshire. Scarcities were Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent), two Glossy Ibises, three Yellow-browed Warblers, four Great Grey Shrikes, six Ring-billed Gulls, nine Ring-necked Ducks and a total of 13 Shorelarks. Incoming spring migrants included Garganey (Dorset), House Martin (Pembrokeshire), Wood Sandpiper, three Ospreys, six White Wagtails, nine Little Ringed Plovers, 15 Swallows and 48 Wheatears.
-  Chris Batty, RBA