Tuesday 9th January 2018
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire, Hume's Warbler and two Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall. Scarcities included Ring-necked Duck (Essex), two Rough-legged Buzzards, three each of Richard's Pipit, Ring-billed Gull and Surf Scoter, four American Wigeons and in England 31 Parrot Crossbills spread between Berkshire, Derbyshire and Norfolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA