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Tuesday 30th January 2018  
  Rarities today comprised the Horned Lark still in Surrey, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Spotted Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire and Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (London), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Lesser Snow Goose (Moray), two Ring-billed Gulls, six each of both Ring-necked Duck and American Wigeon, 10 Glossy Ibises, and in England a total of 25 Parrot Crossbills between Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Norfolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA