Monday 19th February 2018
	Rarities today comprised the Semipalmated Plover still in County Mayo at Achill Island with a King Eider new on The Mullet, both Pacific Diver and White-billed Diver still together in Cornwall, Horned Lark in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire, Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire and in Clyde the Bonaparte's Gull showed again at Gourock. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Little Bunting (London), two American Wigeons, three each of both Ring-billed Gull and Glossy Ibis, four Ring-necked Ducks, five Surf Scoters and nine Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA