Monday 13th May 2019
	Rarities today comprised the American White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Great Spotted Cuckoo and Little Bittern both still in Norfolk, Iberian Chiffchaff in Aberdeenshire, Dresser's Eider in County Dublin, two territorial Savi's Warblers in Suffolk, and in West Yorkshire Great Reed Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff and Ferruginous Duck. In Cornwall a Black Kite flew over Skewjack and in North Yorkshire a Bee-eater overflew Burniston. Scarcities included Serin, Hoopoe and Wryneck (all Norfolk), Honey Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Orkney Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Shorelark (Cleveland), Glossy Ibis (Cornwall), two each of Woodchat Shrike, Golden Oriole and Grey-headed Wagtail, four Surf Scoters, five Temminck's Stints and 25 migrant Dotterel. Significant late news concerned a Pallid Harrier that flew over Burniston, North Yorkshire yesterday.
-  Chris Batty, RBA