Monday 29th April 2019
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Mourning Dove on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay. New rarities elsewhere were an Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Lincolnshire at Gibraltar Point, a Subalpine Warbler in Cumbria at Loweswater, an Iberian Chiffchaff on the Wirral at Red Rocks and a Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire at South Kirby. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Baikal Teal in Cambridgeshire, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, both Iberian Chiffchaff and Bufflehead in West Yorkshire, Black Duck in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, territorial Savi's Warblers in Nottinghamshire and Suffolk (2), Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk, Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Spanish Wagtail on the Wirral, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Glamorgan and Hampshire, Black Kites on the Shetland Isles and in West Sussex, and White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire (9) and the Orkney Isles. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike and Montagu's Harrier (Isles of Scilly), Lapland Bunting (Highland), Temminck's Stint (South Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Cambridgeshire), Ring-necked Duck (Essex), White-tailed Eagle (North Yorkshire), two each of Serin, Wryneck, Purple Heron, Rough-legged Buzzard, Pectoral Sandpiper and Glossy Ibis, four Surf Scoters, five Hoopoes and seven migrant Dotterel.
-  Chris Batty, RBA