Friday 24th December 2021
	New discoveries today included a Dusky Warbler at Aylestone Meadows, Leicestershire, the first record for the county, and a Bonaparte's Gull at Ballycarry, County Antrim. Lingering rarities still present included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Dusky Warbler in London, Penduline Tit in Somerset, Lesser Scaup in Scilly and Ferruginous Duck in Surrey. Scarcity highlights included a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Little Buntings, two Lapland Buntings, five Shorelarks, an American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, four Surf Scoters, 11 Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, 16 Tundra Bean Geese, 49 Glossy Ibises, a Pomarine Skua, a Kumlien's Gull, two Glaucous Gulls, three Ring-billed Gulls and six Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA