Sunday 24th March 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, the Two-barred Crossbill still in Staffordshire, a Red-rumped Swallow in Cornwall, Penduline Tit in Kent, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, both Black Duck and Blue-winged Teal still in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Dorset and Somerset. Scarcities included Little Bunting (County Cork), Hoopoe (London), White-tailed Eagle (Kent), Wryneck (Cornwall), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Surf Scoter (County Meath), three each of Ring-billed Gull and Yellow-browed Warbler, four Rough-legged Buzzards, six of Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis, eight Ring-necked Ducks and 12 Shorelarks. Incoming spring migrants included Hobby (East Sussex), Tree Pipit (Hertfordshire), three Sedge Warblers, four Willow Warblers, six Ospreys, eight Ring Ouzels, and a total of 46 Garganey.
-  Chris Batty, RBA