Monday 3rd January 2022
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hume's Warbler in Kent, three Penduline Tits together in Somerset, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Spotted Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Galway, Dusky Warblers in both London and North Yorkshire, Cackling Geese in County Sligo and the Western Isles, and Lesser Scaups in Argyll (3), Ayrshire, County Cork, and Devon (2). Scarcities included Little Bunting (London), Surf Scoter (Scilly), Leach's Petrel (Gloucestershire), Lapland Bunting (Northumberland), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), two each of Great Grey Shrike, Yellow-browed Warbler, and Black Brant, three of Ring-billed Gull, Shorelark, Green-winged Teal, and Grey Phalarope, 14 Waxwings, 18 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 69 Glossy Ibises. Significant news from yesterday concerned a Brown Booby in East Sussex at Hove that was taken into care, and in Somerset a male Baikal Teal at Greylake.
-  Chris Batty, RBA