Sunday 18th December 2011
	Rarities noted today comprised Western Sandpiper, Coues's Arctic Redpoll, Ferruginous Duck and two Ross's Geese all still in Norfolk, Wilson's Snipe and Blue-winged Teal on the Isles of Scilly, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Pallid Harrier in County Galway, Desert Wheatear and Lesser Scaup in Northumberland, Red-breasted Goose and Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, King Eider in County Kerry, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, two Small Canada Geese in Argyll, Lesser Scaups in both Gloucestershire and Somerset, and Glossy Ibises in Essex, Kent (2) and Lancashire. Scarcities included Bluethroat (County Waterford), Richard's Pipit (Dorset), Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), Surf Scoter (Cornwall and Devon), American Wigeon (Devon and West Yorkshire) and Pectoral Sandpiper (Ayrshire). A total of 125 Tundra Bean Geese were recorded across twelve counties between Aberdeenshire to County Armagh and Lincolnshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA