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Saturday 25th December 2021  
  An adult Brown Booby flew south past Flamborough Head, Yorkshire mid morning.

Lingering rarities included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, Lesser Scaup in Western Isles, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim and Dusky Warblers in London and Kent.

Scarcity highlights included a Little Bunting, a Waxwing, a Shorelark, an American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, five Green-winged Teal, two Taiga Bean Geese, nine Tundra Bean Geese, 21 Glossy Ibises, a Pomarine Skua, a Ring-billed Gull, two Glaucous Gulls and six Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA