Wednesday 15th December 2021
	There was belated news from yesterday of the Belted Kingfisher again in Lancashire, this time being seen along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Withnell Fold, but there was no sign of it there today. Other lingering rarities comprised Lesser Scaups in Western Ilses (2), Devon, Scilly, County Cork and County Armagh, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Dusky Warber in London, Black Scoter in Northumberland and Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll. There were 15 Ring-necked Ducks, including eight still together on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Glossy Ibises also featured with a total of 13, with seven together in Orkney, plus a further bird on Fair Isle, four in Devon and a single in Gloucestershire. The Little Bunting remained in London, as did the Serin in County Durham, Great Grey Shrikes in Norfolk and Denbighs/Conwy, Yellow-browed Warblers in Pembrokes and Merseyside and the five Shorelarks in Norfolk.
-  Pete Hayman, RBA