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Sunday 26th December 2021  
 

New rarities from the day where a Hume's Warbler in Suffolk at Aldeburgh and the Ferruginous Duck reappeared in Staffordshire at Belvide Reservoir.

Lingering rarities still present included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, Pacific Diver still in Glamorgan, American Coot in County Wexford still, Dusky Warbler present in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck still in Surrey, Lesser Scaup still on Scilly, 3 Penduline Tits in Somerset and the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian.

Scarcity highlights included a 4 Green-winged Teal, an American Wigeon, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, 32 Glossy Ibises, 12 Shorelarks, 10 Tundra Bean Geese, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Hoopoe, 3 Surf Scoter, 3 Glaucous Gulls, 9 Iceland Gulls, a Pomarine Skua, Little Bunting and 3 Ring-billed Gulls.
-  Toby Carter, RBA