Wednesday 18th December 2013
	Rarities today comprised the Ivory Gull still in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose on the Isle of Wight, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Two-barred Crossbills in Shropshire (2) and South Yorkshire (8), and Glossy Ibis (Cornwall, Kent, Orkney Isles and West Midlands). Scarcities included Hoopoe (Conwy), Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire), Surf Scoter (Dorset), American Wigeon (Cheshire), Ring-necked Duck (County Donegal), and Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim), four Rose-coloured Starlings (Cornwall, Norfolk, Isles of Scilly and Warwickshire), and Parrot Crossbills in Kent, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire (14) and Suffolk (8). Significant late news concerned a Pied Wheatear present in Hampshire at Monk Sherborne between 7th-17th December, but not seen today: a first record of the species in that county.
-  Chris Batty, RBA