Friday 5th April 2019
	Rarities today comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, a Red-rumped Swallow new in Glamorgan at Kenfig Pool, Blue-winged Teal still in Highland, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Dorset, and three White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (reported in Northumberland), Night Heron (Isles of Scilly), Great Grey Shrike (Northamptonshire), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler, three of both Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis, four Shorelarks, and a total of six Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included Nightingale (Surrey), Lesser Whitethroat (Staffordshire), Cuckoo (Essex), two each of Little Tern, Garden Warbler and Hobby, three Grasshopper Warblers, four Pied Flycatchers, 17 Ring Ouzels, 19 Garganey, 20 Arctic Terns and a total of 21 migrant Ospreys. Significant late news concerned a Ross's Gull present on 31st March at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA