Wednesday 13th December 2017
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Pied Wheatear in County Cork, Pied-billed Grebe on the Shetland Isles and the Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset. Scarcities included Barred Warbler and Ring-billed Gull (both Hampshire), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Surf Scoter (2) and Glossy Ibis (both Cornwall), Ring-necked Duck (Carmarthenshire and Essex), four Cattle Egrets (together Devon), six Parrot Crossbills in England (together in Suffolk).
-  Chris Batty, RBA