Thursday 28th December 2017
	Lingering rarities still present today included the Desert Wheatear in Yorkshire, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Black Scoter and King Eider in County Kerry, King Eider in Ceredigion and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall. Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Waxwing, three Great Grey Shrikes, eight Shorelarks, 12 Lapland Buntings, 28 Parrot Crossbills, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, two Ring-necked Ducks, three American Wigeon, two Tundra Bean Geese, eight Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, six Ring-billed Gulls, nine Glaucous Gulls, and 14 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA