Thursday 15th February 2018
	A first-winter American Herring Gull in Co Kerry was today's best new discovery, whilst Pied-billed Grebe (Shetland), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Suffolk), Spotted Sandpiper (Nottinghamshire), Thayer's Gull (Hampshire), Penduline Tit (Gloucestershire), Stilt Sandpiper (Dorset), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall) and Bonaparte's Gull (Clyde) all lingered. The best of the rest included Little Bunting (London), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Bluethroat (East Sussex), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), Waxwing (Cheshire) and at least 19 Parrot Crossbills.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA