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Friday 21st January 2022  
  A second Lesser Scaup joined the long staying bird on Lough Ennell, County Westmeath.

Lingering rarities seen today included an American Coot in County Kerry (a second bird in the county, present for over a week), single Baikal Teals in Somerset and Yorkshire, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, single Pacific Divers in Glamorgan and County Cork, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, Red-flanked Bluetail in County Durham, single Hume's Warblers in Kent and Sussex, Dusky Warbler in Kent, three Penduline Tits in Somerset, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian and single Lesser Scaups in Ayrshire and Western Isles.

Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Little Bunting, a Waxwing, a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Great Grey Shrike, two Yellow-browed Warblers, 15 Shorelarks, 40 Lapland Buntings, two American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teals, seven Surf Scoters, ten Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Black Brant, 13 Tundra Bean Geese, 35 Glossy Ibises, a Kumlien's Gull, four Ring-billed Gulls, five Glaucous Gulls and eight Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
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