Monday 15th April 2019
	New discoveries today included a Gyr at Fanad Head, County Donegal, a Black Kite over Colchester, Essex and a Red-rumped Swallow at Lamby Lake, Glamorgan. Lingering rarities included the Great Spotted Cuckoo on the Isle of Wight, Blue-winged Teal, Black Duck and King Eider in Highland, two Ferruginous Ducks in Nottinghamshire and one in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Oxfordshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Red-rumped Swallow in Kent and White-billed Diver in Moray. Scarcity highlights included two Hoopoes, four Great Grey Shrikes, a Purple Heron, a White Stork, a Glossy Ibis, a Spotted Crake, a Pomarine Skua, a Black Brant, three Tundra Bean Geese, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, two Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA