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Tuesday 18th January 2022  
  Rarities today comprised White-tailed Lapwing and Red-breasted Goose both still in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, American Coot in County Kerry, Baikal Teal, Kenitsh Plover, and three Penduline Tits in Somerset, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, Hume's Warbler and Dusky Warbler in Kent, Red-flanked Bluetail in County Durham, Lesser Scaup in County Westmeath, and Lesser Yellowlegs in both County Galway and Suffolk.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Oxfordshire), Little Bunting (London), Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Hoopoe (Warwickshire), Great Grey Shrike (Highland), Black Brant (Norfolk), two each of Richard's Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler, and American Wigeon, three of Snow Goose and Green-winged Teal, four Ring-billed Gulls, five Surf Scoters, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, 16 Shorelarks, 31 Lapland Buntings, and a total of 49 Glossy Ibises.

-  Chris Batty, RBA