Thursday 6th January 2022
	Rarities today comprised the Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Red-flanked Bluetail in County Durham, Hume's Warbler in Kent, three Penduline Tits together in Somerset, Dusky Warblers in both Kent and London, Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo, and Lesser Scaups in Ayrshire, Devon, and the Isles of Scilly. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Oxfordshire), Little Bunting (London), Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cambridgeshire), Grey Phalarope (Norfolk), Black Brant (Kent), two Ring-billed Gulls, three Green-winged Teals, four Snow Geese, five Lapland Buntings, eight Shorelarks, 10 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 34 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA