Friday 28th December 2018
	Rarity highlights comprised Dusky Warblers (Dorset and Warwickshire), Bonaparte's Gull (Co Wexford), King Eider (Ceredigion), Black Scoter (Co Kerry), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Norfolk), Desert Wheatear (Isles of Scilly) and Lesser Scaup (Somerset). The best of the rest included Common Rosefinch (Isles of Scilly), Black-bellied Dipper (Norfolk), Green-winged Teal (Shetland), Lapland Bunting (Cleveland), Great Grey Shrike (Staffordshire), Little Auk (Lincolnshire), Ring-billed Gull (Co Wicklow), Todd's Canada Goose (Cumbria), possible Grey-bellied Brant (Norfolk), two American Wigeons and Black Brants, up to four Rough-legged Buzzards (including one on Isles of Scilly), five Surf Scoters, seven Ring-necked Ducks, up to 14 Taiga Bean Geese, 18 Tundra Bean Geese and 25 Shorelarks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA