Tuesday 2nd April 2019
	New rarities today were a Red-rumped Swallow in Devon at Dawlish Warren and a Savi's Warbler in Suffolk at Minsmere. Elsewhere, the Great Spotted Cuckoo remained on the Isle of Wight as did the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, both Blue-winged Teal and King Eider in Highland, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, two Richardson's Cackling Geese were on the Western Isles with three White-billed Divers together in Moray at Cullen. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Lapland Bunting (Orkney Isles), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim), two Great Grey Shrikes, five Glossy Ibises and a total of six Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming summer migrants included Grasshopper Warbler (East Sussex), Whitethroat (Oxfordshire), Cuckoo (Powys), Hobby (Greater Manchester), two each of Pied Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat and Reed Warbler, three of Swift, Arctic Skua and Common Tern, five of Redstart and Sedge Warbler, 12 each of Osprey and Yellow Wagtail, 15 Ring Ouzels and a total of 31 Garganey.
-  Chris Batty, RBA