Tuesday 26th March 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, Bonaparte's Gull in County Donegal, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, and in Highland a White-billed Diver new in Dunnet Bay. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (North Yorkshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Ring-necked Duck (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), two each of both Little Bunting and Hoopoe, four of Ring-billed Gull and Great Grey Shrike, and five of Glossy Ibis and Shorelark. Incoming summer migrants included Turtle Dove (Devon), Pied Flycatcher (Ceredigion), Tree Pipit (Dorset), Lesser Whitethroat (Somerset), Cuckoo (Cambridgeshire), Sedge Warbler (Suffolk), two Whinchats, five House Martins, seven Ospreys, 12 each of both Ring Ouzel and Willow Warbler, and a total of 26 Garganey.
-  Chris Batty, RBA