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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Friday 22nd March 2019  
  Highlight of the day was the lingering Great Spotted Cuckoo on Isle of Wight. The Blue-winged Teal (Highland), Ferruginous Duck (Staffordshire), Lesser Scaup (Somerset), Penduline Tit (Kent), Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall and Dorset) and Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire) all remained on show.

The best of the rest included Serin (Portland), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Grey Phalarope (Conwy), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Kumlien's Gull (Co Down), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Green-winged Teal (Co Cork), two Yellow-browed Warblers, White-tailed Eagles, Ring-necked Ducks, five Great Grey Shrikes and six Glossy Ibises.

Summer migrant tallies comprised 31 Garganey, five Willow Warblers and three Ospreys, Ring Ouzels and House Martins.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA