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Saturday 29th January 2022  
  The highlight of the day was probably the reappearance of the Belted Kingfisher on the River Darwen at Roach Bridge, Lancashire, although new discoveries included single Bonaparte's Gulls at Pettycur, Fife and Cardiff Bay, Glamorgan.

Lingering rarities included two American Coots in County Kerry, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, single Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Lincolnshire, Baikal Teal in Somerset, single Lesser Scaups in Scilly and Western Isles, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and County Wexford, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Devon, single Hume's Warblers in Sussex and Kent, Dusky Warbler in Kent and two Penduline Tits in Somerset.

Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Serin, a Little Bunting, a Great Grey Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Yellow-browed Warblers, 11 Shorelarks, 30 Lapland Buntings, a Grey Phalarope, 45 Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, five Surf Scoters, seven Green-winged Teal, 19 Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Black Brants, 19 Tundra Bean Geese, 30 Taiga Bean Geese, three Glaucous Gulls, five Ring-billed Gulls and nine Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA
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