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Sunday 23rd January 2022  
  Rarities today comprised the White-tailed Lapwing still in Lincolnshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, American Coots in both County Kerry and County Wexford, Semipalmated Plover and Pacific Diver together in County Cork, Baikal Teal in East Yorkshire, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hume's Warbler in both Kent and East Sussex, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Red-flanked Bluetail in County Durham, Kentish Plover and three Penduline Tits in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Lesser Scaup in Ayrshire, Ferruginous Duck in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Kent and North Yorkshire, and Richardson's Cackling Geese in both Merseyside and County Sligo (2).

Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Norfolk), Pallas's Warbler (Oxfordshire), Little Bunting (London), two each of Richard's Pipit, Waxwing, and Kumlien's Gull, three of American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, and Yellow-browed Warbler, five Great Grey Shrikes, six Ring-billed Gulls, seven Black Brants, 16 Shorelarks, 18 Ring-necked Ducks, 39 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 72 Lapland Buntings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA