Wednesday 27th December 2017
	Lingering rarities seen today included the Desert Wheatear at Whitby, Yorkshire, Penduline Tit at Longford, Gloucestershire and Lesser Scaup at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset. Scarcity highlights included a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Shorelarks, two Waxwings, 22 Parrot Crossbills, a Tundra Bean Goose, three American Wigeon, four Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, seven Glossy Ibises, a Little Auk, a Pomarine Skua, a Kumlien's Gull, five Ring-billed Gulls, 12 Glaucous Gulls and 17 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA