Wednesday 19th December 2018
	Rarities today comprised a White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles at Loch of Stenness, Mainland, and in Hampshire the Ferruginous Duck remained at Bedhampton. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (County Durham), Rough-legged Buzzard (North Yorkshire), White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Surf Scoter (Devon), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Ring-necked Duck and Lapland Bunting, 36 Shorelarks, 68 Cattle Egrets and a total of 305 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA