Tuesday 18th December 2018
	Lingering rarities included the Desert Wheatear on St. Agnes, Scilly, and the Ferruginous Duck at Bedhampton, Hampshire, while the Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset reappeared at Steart. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), 21 Taiga Bean Geese, 11 Tundra Bean Geese, an American Wigeon, four Ring-necked Ducks, four Glaucous Gulls, an Iceland Gull, four Pomarine Skuas, 47 Little Auks (all past Sumburgh Head, Shetland), a Great Grey Shrike, 30 Shorelarks, 204 Waxwings and 36 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA