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Tuesday 16th January 2018  
  Rarities today comprised the Desert Wheatear still in North Yorkshire, Hume's Warbler in Norfolk, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in both Norfolk (2) and Suffolk.

Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), two each of both Ring-necked Duck and American Wigeon, three Glossy Ibises, four Ring-billed Gulls and in England a total of 14 Parrot Crossbills split between Hertfordshire and Norfolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA