Monday 1st January 2018
	A busy New Year's Day produced rarities in the form of Desert Wheatear (North Yorkshire), Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk), Lesser Scaup (Somerset and Cornwall), White-billed Diver (Orkney), Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent), King Eider (Ceredigion/Gwynedd) and Snowy Owl (Co Mayo). Scarcity highlights included Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), three Ring-necked Ducks, three Yellow-browed Warblers, four American Wigeons, nine Glossy Ibises, ten Shorelarks and at least 47 Parrot Crossbills.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA