Thursday 21st March 2019
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight at Ventnor whilst of similar origin were Red-rumped Swallows new in Cornwall at both Polgigga and Tresillian. Rarities elsewhere were the Blue-winged Teal still in Highland, Penduline Tit in Kent, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, and White-billed Divers in both Aberdeenshire and the Orkney Isles. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Surf Scoter and Rough-legged Buzzard, three of Ring-necked Duck and Great Grey Shrike, eight Glossy Ibises and nine Shorelarks. Incoming spring migrants included Sedge Warbler (East Sussex), two each of Ring Ouzel and Cuckoo, five Willow Warblers, seven Ospreys and 10 Garganey. Significant late news conerns a male Baikal Teal present in Norfolk at Welney on 20th March but it could not be relocated there today.
-  Chris Batty, RBA