Sunday 12th May 2019
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of another Collared Flycatcher on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay, an Iberian Chiffchaff new in Aberdeenshire at Mill of Tarty, in Norfolk a Little Bittern at Thetford, a Great Reed Warbler at Titchwell and a Black Kite at Burnham Deepdale, and in South Yorkshire two Red-footed Falcons together at Thorne Moors and Ferruginous Duck at Edderthorpe Flash. Lingering rarities included the American Bittern on the Western Isles, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Norfolk, both Great Reed Warbler and Iberian Chiffchaff in West Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teal in Highland, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gull in Hampshire and two Savi's Warblers in Suffolk. Scarcities included Serin (Cornwall), Hoopoe (Aberdeenshire), Shorelark (Northumberland), Grey-headed Wagtail (Northumberland), Purple Heron (Isle of Wight), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Honey Buzzard (Kent), two each of Short-toed Lark, Woodchat Shrike, Night Heron and Montagu's Harriers, three of both Golden Oriole and Surf Scoter, four Wrynecks, five Temminck's Stints and 37 migrant Dotterel.
-  Chris Batty, RBA