Thursday 13th December 2018
	A second Dusky Warbler joined the long staying bird at Chickerell, Dorset today, whilst late news from yesterday concerned a Black-throated Thrush which was present at Bishopstone, Wiltshire. Lingering rarities included the White-rumped Sandpiper in Sussex and Red-rumped Swallow in Cornwall. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Richard's Pipit, a Great Grey Shrike, two Rose-coloured Starlings, eight Shorelarks, approximately 104 Waxwings, a Grey Phalarope, a Black Brant, six Taiga Bean Geese, 38 Tundra Bean Geese, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, two Iceland Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls and three Rough-legged Buzzards.
-  Will Soar, RBA