Tuesday 27th February 2018
	Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still on the Shetland Isles, Ross's Gull and Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, Horned Lark in Surrey, Thayer's Gull in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and in Norfolk a new Coues's Arctic Redpoll discovered in Norwich. Scarcities included Serin (Essex), Little Bunting (London), Richard's Pipit and Yellow-browed Warbler (together in South Yorkshire), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire), Ring-necked Duck (Gloucestershire), three American Wigeons, five Glossy Ibises, eight Waxwings and nine Shorelarks. The first Wheatear of the spring was reported in Ayrshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA