Thursday 25th November 2021
	The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire on the River Ribble at Tunbrook: exactly where it was found on 8th November and had showed again on 14th November. New rarities today comprised a Desert Wheatear inland in West Yorkshire at Keighley Moor, an Eastern Stonechat species on the Shetland Isles in Lerwick, and in Suffolk a Hume's Warbler at Benacre and a Dusky Warbler at Lakenheath Fen. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, Isabelline Wheatear in Lothian, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford, King Eider in Moray, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, and Lesser Scaups in Argyll (5), Devon (2), and the Western Isles. Scarcities included Night Heron (Suffolk), Lapland Bunting (County Kerry), Grey Phalarope (Norfolk), two each of Pallas's Warbler, American Golden Plover, and Black Brant, three of Surf Scoter and Great Grey Shrike, five of Glossy Ibis and Shorelark, and a total of 11 Ring-necked Ducks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA