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Saturday 4th December 2021  
  Lingering rarities still present today included the Ross's Goose in Ayrshire, Cackling Goose and Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Ferruguinous Ducks in Surrey and Hampshire and two Lesser Scaup in Devon.

Scarcity highlights included a Barred Warbler, a Serin, a Great Grey Shrike, a Yellow-browed Warbler, three Waxwings, three Lapland Buntings, 11 Shorelarks, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, 19 Ring-necked Ducks (including a flock of ten at Dozmary Pool, Cornwall), three Glossy Ibises, a Snow Goose, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Black Brants, 138 Taiga Bean Geese (including five back at Buckenham Marshes, Norfolk), a Leach's Petrel, two Grey Phalaropes, two Pomarine Skuas, eight Little Auks, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, four Glaucous Gulls and seven Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA