Wednesday 3rd January 2018
	New discoveries today included a Snowy Owl on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly and a Bonaparte's Gull at Radipole Lake, Dorset. Lingering rarities included the Desert Wheatear in Yorkshire, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, White-billed Diver in Orkney and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Scarcity highlights were a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Lapland Buntings, 12 Waxwings, 31 Parrot Crossbills, a Temminck's Stint, two Ring-necked Ducks, four Surf Scoters, five American Wigeon, a Snow Goose, six Glossy Ibises, a Little Auks, two Pomarine Skuas, three Kumlien's Gulls, four Ring-billed Gulls, 20 Glaucous Gulls and 21 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA