Thursday 28th March 2019
	A strong contingent of ongoing rarities included the Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight, Pacific Diver in Co.Cork, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Blue-winged Teal in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset. The supporting cast was made up of Hoopoe in Dorset, Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Serin (Cornwall), five Great Grey Shrikes, Pallas's Warbler (Cornwall), nine Shorelarks, three Glossy Ibises, three White Storks, a Black Brant, a Surf Scoter, two American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Ring-billed Gulls, a Kumlien's Gull, six Iceland Gulls, five Glaucous Gulls and White-tailed Eagle (Norfolk). As for spring migrants, arrivals included a Tree Pipit, three Yellow Wagtails, seven Ring Ouzels, a Swift, a Sedge Warbler, five Ospreys and an influx of Garganey which brought the day's national total to 82 birds.
-  David Campbell, RBA