Sunday 22nd March 2020
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, inland at Wedholme Flow. Rarities elsewhere comprised both the Tengmalm's Owl and Snowy Owl still on the Shetland Isles, Lesser Kestrel on the Isles of Scilly, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Laughing Gull in Somerset, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, West Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Saker on the Orkney Isles, Bonaparte's Gull and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Kentish Plover in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and Ferruginous Duck in the West Midlands, whilst White-billed Divers were recorded in Aberdeenshire near Portsoy (2), and Moray at Cullen (4). Scarcities included Hoopoe (Dorset), Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Yellow-browed Warbler (London), Lapland Bunting (Highland), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), two Green-winged Teals, three each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, five Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of eight Surf Scoters. Incoming spring migrants included 25 Garganey, 10 Ring Ouzels, seven each of both Willow Warbler and House Martin, five Swallows, three each of Yellow Wagtail and Osprey, and singles of both Hobby and Whinchat.
-  Chris Batty, RBA