Monday 12th February 2018
	In Co Donegal a Bonaparte's Gull was discovered at Killybegs, whilst Horned Lark (Surrey), Thayer's Gull (Hampshire), Stilt Sandpiper (Dorset), Spotted Sandpiper (Nottinghamshire), Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire), Ferruginous Duck (Somerset), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Shetland), Bonaparte's Gulls (Clyde and Devon), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Black Scoter (Co Kerry) and Richardson's Cackling Goose (Argyll) all lingered. The best of the rest included Bluethroat (East Sussex), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), Waxwing (Cheshire), four American Wigeons, 10 Glossy Ibises, 24 Shorelarks and at least 25 Parrot Crossbills.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA