Tuesday 6th February 2018
	Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still on the Shetland Isles, Horned Lark still in Surrey, Thayer's Gull and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, Spotted Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk (2) and Suffolk, King Eider in Ceredigion, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll. Scarcities included Little Bunting (London), Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), two American Wigeons (Highland), three Surf Scoters (together in Cornwall), four Ring-necked Ducks and six Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA