Sunday 7th April 2019
	The highlight of the day was a Hooded Merganser found in County Wexford at The Cull. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight, Bonaparte's Gull again in Devon, Pied-billed Grebes in both Argyll and the Shetland Isles, Black Duck Highland, Blue-winged Teal, King Eider all still in Highland, territorial Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and perhaps the same Black Kite in both Anglesey and Gwynedd. Scarcities included White-Spotted Bluethroat (Suffolk), Serin and Wryneck (Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Shorelark (Shetland Isles), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Snow Goose (County Wexford), two each of Hoopoe and Dotterel, three of Yellow-browed Warbler, Great Grey Shrike and Glossy Ibis, and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming spring migrants included two Swifts, three each of both Nightingale and Pied Flycatcher, 16 Ospreys, 35 Garganey and a total of 55 Ring Ouzels.
-  Chris Batty, RBA