Friday 29th March 2019
	Continuing rarities reported today comprised the Black Duck in Highland, Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Black Scoter in Co.Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and both Lesser Yellowlegs, in Dorset and Cornwall. Among the best of the rest were three White Storks, three Glossy Ibises, two Serins (Lincolnshire and Kent), two Hoopoes (Co.Cork and Dorset), six Shorelarks, two Rough-legged Buzzards, Pallas's Warbler and Temminck's Stint (both Cornwall), three Great Grey Shrikes, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, a Tundra Bean Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Kumlien's Gull, three Iceland Gulls and four Glaucous Gulls. The first Garden Warbler and Reed Warbler of the year arrived in Dorset, while the pick of other spring arrivals included two Sedge Warblers, two Whitethroats, 34 Garganey, 12 Ospreys, a Hobby, three Common Terns, a Yellow Wagtail and three Ring Ouzels.
-  David Campbell, RBA