Thursday 20th June 2019
	Among a movement of over 5,000 Swifts over Spurn was a Pallid Swift. A Snowy Owl was found at Mount Brandon in Co.Kerry. Ongoing rarities included the Black-winged Pratincole in Lincolnshire, Marsh Sandpiper in Kent, Great Reed Warbler in West Yorkshire, Savi's Warblers in Anglesey and Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Co.Antrim, Lesser Yellowlegs in Shetland, Baikal Teal in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde, Lesser Scaup in Borders, Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire The scarcity line-up involved Purple Heron (Norfolk), two Montagu's Harriers (Kent and Essex), Woodchat Shrike (Cornwall), two Rose-coloured Starlings (Lothian and Co.Clare), two Serins (Kent and East Yorkshire), two Marsh Warblers (Lincolnshire and Cornwall), Spotted Crake (Dorset), two Surf Scoters (Highland), Green-winged Teal (Norfolk), two Ring-necked Ducks (Dorset and Worcestershire), three Cory's Shearwaters (Scilly), three Glossy Ibises, Roseate Tern in Merseyside, two Iceland Gulls and Glaucous Gull. purple heron mon
-  David Campbell, RBA