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Tuesday 4th January 2022  
  Two major rarities were discovered today but both were dead: an adult Allen's Gallinule in County Galway on Inishmore is the first record for Ireland, and a Black-throated Thrush in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

In Cornwall a Pacific Diver at Charlestown was presumably a returning adult whilst the juvenile remained today in Glamorgan. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Spotted Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, three Penduline Tits together in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford, and Lesser Scaups in Ayrshire, County Cork, and Devon (2).

Scarcities comprised Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cambridgeshire), Leach's Petrel (Hampshire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), two each of Little Bunting, Great Grey Shrike, and Black Brant, three of Ring-billed Gull, Lapland Bunting, and Grey Phalarope, four Green-winged Teals, 12 Shorelarks, 20 Ring-necked Ducks, and 48 Glossy Ibises.
Chris Batty, RBA
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