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Saturday 24th February 2018  
  The adult Ross's Gull continued its stay in the Weymouth area (Dorset), whilst the Stilt Sandpiper also lingered in Dorset and the Thayer's Gull remained in neighbouring Hampshire. The Horned Lark (Surrey), Spotted Sandpiper (Nottinghamshire), Long-billed Dowitchers (Kent and Co Wexford), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Norfolk), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull (Devon), Semipalmated Plover (Co Mayo), Black Scoter (Co Kerry) and King Eider (Ceredigion) were all still present.

The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Temminck's Stint (West Sussex), Richard's Pipit (South Yorkshire), Little Bunting (London), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall) and 12 Parrot Crossbills (Derbyshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA