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Sunday 21st January 2018  
  Rarities today comprised the Snowy Owl still on the Isles of Scilly but now on Tresco, Stilt Sandpiper still in Dorset, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Bonaparte's Gull again in Devon, Ferruginous Duck back in County Durham and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk (2), Orkney Isles and Suffolk.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (London), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), Ring-necked Duck (Devon), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk), two Rough-legged Buzzards, two American Wigeons, three Ring-billed Gulls and five Surf Scoters.
-  Chris Batty, RBA