Wednesday 10th April 2019
	The highlight of the day was the surprise reappearance of the Tengmalm's Owl on the Shetland Isles at Tresta where it had earlier been present from 19th February util 2nd March. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Great Spotted Cuckoo still on the Isle of Wight; Blue-winged Teal, Black Duck and King Eider in Highland; Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, two Ferruginous Ducks together in Nottinghamshire at Attenborough, White-billed Diver in County Galway off Inishbofin, and fly-over Black Kites in both Surrey and West Sussex. A Coues's Arctic Redpoll was in Lincoln for its 17th day. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Norfolk), Serin (Dorset), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Hoopoe (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Spotted Crake (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Cornwall), four Glossy Ibis, five Green-winged Teal, Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and six each of both Ring-necked Duck and Great Grey Shrike. Incoming spring migrants included Swift (Essex), two each of Garden Warbler and Pied Flycatcher, 20 Ospreys, 21 Arctic Terns, 35 Garganey and a total of 49 Ring Ouzels.
-  Chris Batty, RBA