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Wednesday 24th April 2019  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Citrine Wagtail in Gloucestershire at Northwick Warth. Rarities elsewhere comprised the American White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black Kite still on the Shetland Isles on Unst, Kentish Plover in Kent at Pegwell Bay, Western Subalpine Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, Dresser's Eider in County Dublin, Blue-winged Teal and King Eider in Highland, Savi's Warblers in Hampshire, Nottinghamshire and Suffolk (2), Black-winged Stilts in Kent (2), Norfolk and Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and a White-billed Diver in County Donegal.

Scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (Essex), Serin (West Sussex), Purple Heron and Wryneck (Norfolk), Yellow-browed Warbler (Suffolk), Spotted Crake (Cleveland), Temminck's Stint (County Durham), Red-necked Phalarope (Gwent), two each of Hoopoe and Rough-legged Buzzard, three of Woodchat Shrike and Dotterel, four Surf Scoters and five Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA