Sunday 9th January 2022
	Another drake Baikal Teal was discovered today, at Hornsea Mere in East Yorkshire. A Red-breasted Goose was at Freiston Shore RSPB, Lincolnshire and a White-billed Diver was off Bamburgh, Northumberland. Lingering rarities still present included the other Baikal Teal in Somerset, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, Red-flanked Bluetail in County Durham, three Penduline Tits in Somerset, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Dusky Warblers in Kent and London, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lancashire, Black Scoters in Moray and Northumberland, Lesser Scaups in Argyll (three), Ayrshire, Devon and Dorset, Ferruginous Ducks in Staffordshire and Hampshire and the White-tailed Lapwing was reported again in Lincolnshire. Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Richard's Pipit, a Lapland Bunting, a Great Grey Shrike, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Little Buntings, three Waxwings, ten Shorelarks, two Grey Phalaropes, five Little Auks, 17 Glossy Ibises, two Green-winged Teal, eight Surf Scoters, 23 Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, four Snow Geese, four Tundra Bean Geese, 65 Taiga Bean Geese, two Kumlien's Gulls, six Ring-billed Gulls, ten Glaucous Gulls and 21 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA