Wednesday 7th February 2018
	Rarities today included a new Coues's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles on Whalsay whilst others remained in Norfolk (2) and Suffolk, the Horned Lark still in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, Pacific Diver in County Galway, Black Scoter in County Kerry, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Spotted Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire, King Eider in Ceredigion, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll. Scarcities included Bluethroat (East Sussex), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Little Bunting (London), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two each of both Ring-necked Duck and American Wigeon, five Ring-billed Gulls, six Surf Scoters, eight Glossy Ibises and a total of 19 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA