Monday 1st April 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, Two-barred Crossbill in Staffordshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, King Eider in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpipers in both County Waterford and County Wexford, and Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset. Scarcities included Wryneck (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), White-tailed Eagle (West Yorkshire), two Yellow-browed Warblers, three each of Great Grey Shrike and American Wigeon, five Glossy Ibises, seven Ring-necked Ducks and nine Shorelarks. Incoming summer migrants included two Cuckoo, three Sedge Warblers, five each of Common Tern and Yellow Wagtail, seven Redstarts, 10 Ring Ouzels, 18 Osprey and a total of 47 Garganey.
-  Chris Batty, RBA