Tuesday 26th December 2017
	Rarities today comprised the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire, Penduline Tit still in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, King Eider in Ceredigion and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcities included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Essex), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Glossy Ibis, Ring-necked Duck, three American Wigeons, seven Surf Scoters, and in England a total of 45 Parrot Crossbills located between Berkshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA