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Wednesday 23rd February 2022  
  Rarities today comprised the Double-crested Cormorant still in County Leitrim, American Robin and Hume's Warbler both still in East Sussex, White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Pacific Diver in Glamorgan, Ross's Gulls in Aberdeenshire and County Galway, Baikal Teals in East Yorkshire and Somerset, Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Norfolk, two Penduline Tits together in Somerset, King Eider in Lothian, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Dusky Warbler in Kent, Ferruginous Ducks in Oxfordshire and County Tyrone, Lesser Scaups in Dorset and the Isles of Scilly, and Richardson's Cackling Geese in County Sligo and the Western Isles (2).

Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Norfolk), Little Bunting (East Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Suffolk), Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), Black Brant (Dorset), Kumlien's Gull (Cornwall), two each of both American Wigeon and Green-winged Teal, three of Ring-billed Gull and Surf Scoter, four of Shorelark and Snow Goose, five Waxwings, 12 Lapland Buntings, 17 Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 18 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA