Monday 22nd April 2019
	New rarities today comprised an Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Devon on Lundy, in Suffolk Iberian Chiffchaff at Lowestoft and two Black-winged Stilts at Minsmere, a Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan at Cardiff Bay, a Red-rumped Swallow briefly in Dorset and Black Kites passing over Kent, the Shetland Isles, Somerset, Suffolk and Worcestershire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Dresser's Eider in County Dublin, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Black Duck, Blue-winged Teal and King Eider all in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Oxfordshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Savi's Warblers in Dorset, Nottinghamshire and Suffolk, Black-winged Stilts in Kent (2) and Norfolk, and at least 12 White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire. Scarcities included an early Red-necked Phalarope (Gwent), Ortolan Bunting (Essex), Serin (West Sussex), Richard's Pipit (Lincolnshire), two Woodchat Shrikes, three each of Hoopoe, Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, six Ring-necked Ducks and a total of 17 Shorelarks. Significant late news concerned a Slate-coloured Junco present yesterday on the Isle of Wight at Ventnor.
-  Chris Batty, RBA