Sunday 16th December 2018
	New discoveries today included the returning Pacific Diver at Crookhaven, County Cork and a Ferruginous Duck at Bedhampton, Hampshire. Lingering rarities included the Desert Wheatear in Scilly, Black Scoter in County Kerry, Spotted Sandpiper in County Wexford and White-billed Diver in Western Isles. Scarcity totals were a Richard's Pipit, a Lapland Bunting, two Rose-coloured Starlings, six Great Grey Shrikes, 43 Shorelarks, approximately 269 Waxwings, a Temminck's Stint, two Grey Phalaropes, two Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, four American Wigeon, a Black Brant, a Todd's Canada Goose, 12 Tundra Bean Geese, 24 Taiga Bean Geese, a Glossy Ibis, a White-tailed Eagle, a Glaucous Gull, a Kumlien's Gull and eight Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA