Wednesday 15th May 2019
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of Bee-eaters in both County Down at Ballyquintin Point and in Dorset at Durlston (7) and Studland. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Kentish Plover new in Devon at South Milton Sands, the American White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, both Great Reed Warbler and Ferruginous Duck together in West Yorkshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in Aberdeenshire, Black Duck in Highland, Bonaparte's Gull reported still in Hampshire and two territorial Savi's Warblers in Suffolk. Scarcities included Serin (Kent), Golden Oriole and Wryneck (Isles of Scilly), Purple Heron (Kent), American Wigeon (County Clare), Montagu's Harrier (Norfolk), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Shorelark (Shetland Isles), two each of Woodchat Shrike and Glossy Ibis, three Hoopoes, nine Temminck's Stints and a total of 14 migrant Dotterel.
-  Chris Batty, RBA