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Saturday 18th January 2003, 08:16
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ABERDEENSHIRE:- Aberdeen 10 Waxwing @ 11am Berryden btw Sainsbury's & main road.
ANGLESEY:- Trearddur Bay juv Surf Scoter 11.20am with 25 Goldeneye.
AYRSHIRE:- Troon Hbr 1w Iceland Gull 11.15am.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- nr Hedgerley Landfill ad Iceland Gull 10.45am in flds S.of M40 off Hedgerley Lane.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- St Neots 6 Waxwing 8.40am off Barford Rd in Tesco c/pk.
CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm drk American Wigeon on Border Pool till 10.10 at least.
drk Smew
CHESHIRE:- Moore NR 3 Short-eared Owl am West of tip.
CHESHIRE:- Neston Old Quay (SJ287768) Water Pipit + 5 L.Egret.
CHESHIRE:- Newchurch Common redhead Smew + Goosander.
CLEVELAND:- Stockton-on-Tees c10 Waxwing along bypass adj to roadbridge.
CLWYD:- Little Orme Black Redstart in top quarry. RnGrebe Penrhyn Bay opp W.groyne + 5 RTDiver, GNDiver.
CUMBRIA:- Rockcliffe Marshes ad Ross's Goose a/noon + Barnacle Geese.
CUMBRIA:- Talkin Tarn (NY545586) 1w drk Lesser Scaup 9.30am.
DEVON:- Barnstaple ad Ring-billed Gull 9.30am in Seven Brethren Lorry Park by snack bar.
DEVON:- Taw est. drk Green-winged Teal from Isley Marsh c10.10 (SS490327).
DORSET:- Durlston Head 200 Guillemot btw castle & lighthouse + sev.Razorbill offshore, 10 Fulmar.
DORSET:- Morden Park Lake drk Ferruginous Duck 10.10am.
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Beverley 11 Waxwing off A1035 Hull bridge Rd btw Goodfell Rd & Eager Beaver public house (cTA041407).
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Hornsea Mere 1w drk Lesser Scaup viewed from private hide (NO PUBLIC ACCESS).
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Leven Tip 2w Glaucous Gull mid morning.
ESSEX:- Danbury Lakes 8(6drk) Goosander
ESSEX:- Great Holland Rough-legged Buzzard Gravel pits reserve looking N.@ 12.30-12.45pm.
ESSEX:- Maldon 7 Waxwing 10.30am at Mayflower Drive/Fambridge Rd jctn.
ESSEX:- Westcliff-on-sea ad Ring-billed Gull by Rossi's icecream parlour.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Forest of Dean Little Bunting 11.40 N.of Tidenham Chase at The Park + 15 Crossbill (ST554992). From c/pk W.of B4228 go W.to obelisk.
GTR. MANCHESTER:- Cheadle Hulme 2 Waxwing off Bradshaw Hall Lane by A34 bypass (SJ865856).
GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter 11.26 close inshore off prom opp tearoom.
GWYNEDD:- Morfa Madryn ad Ring-billed Gull on east pool till 11am only.
HAMPSHIRE:- Hayling Island Slavonian Grebe on sea near the Inn on the Beach + Guillemot.
HAMPSHIRE:- Langstone Hbr 2 Black-necked Grebe off Hayling early afternoon + Merlin.
KENT:- Denge Marsh 8 Whooper Swan
KENT:- Dungeness RSPB Red-throated Diver ARC pit. 2 LTDuck on New Diggings.
KENT:- Lydd Pits redhead Smew
KENT:- Sandown Castle Black Redstart + W.Pipit on golf course flood below castle + 2 R.Pipit.
KENT:- Sevenoaks NR Bittern
KENT:- Trosley CP Hawfinch in trees in c/pk tho elusive.
LANCASHIRE:- 1.5ml N.of Slaidburn Great Grey Shrike 12.30pm on Sagar Hill SD711547.
LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake ad Mediterranean Gull
LANCASHIRE:- Fishmoor Resr 1w Mediterranean Gull
LANCASHIRE:- Heysham Waxwing @ Hall Grove (SD413609).
LANCASHIRE:- Rivington Resr drk Ring-necked Duck N.of cswy (SD622145).
LANCASHIRE:- Whinney Hill Tip 2 1w Glaucous Gull + 1w.Iceland Gull.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Grimsby 18 Waxwing @ Great Coates in Woad Lane 10.30am.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- RAF Cranwell 1w Rose-col Starling 3ml NW of Sleaford am in 10 Flowerdown Ave.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Wyberton 3 Waxwing S.of Boston on Tytton Lane East off A16.
LOTHIAN:- Haddington 2 Waxwing by old A1 opp Jet garage.
MERSEYSIDE:- Hilbre Island 9 Little Gull + 31 Purple Sand, 26 RTDiver, 31 C.Scoter, 25 Pale-b Brent, Dark-b Brent.
MERSEYSIDE:- New Brighton ad Mediterranean Gull by lake.
NORFOLK:- Abbey Farm, Flitcham Rough-legged Buzzard 11.45 viewable looking NE.from Farm twd pines + 2 Buzzard.
NORFOLK:- Aylsham Waxwing 1.12pm by Bure Valley Railway.
NORFOLK:- Blickling Hall Lake Red-necked Grebe 2ml NW of Aylsham 10.54.
NORFOLK:- by road 1/2ml from Croxton twd Mundford 250 Brambling early a/noon.
NORFOLK:- Cantley Marshes 40+Taiga Bean Goose from end of Burnt House Road late am.
NORFOLK:- Choseley 125 Ruff in field E.of drying barns with gull flock.
NORFOLK:- Cley NWT 2 Water Pipit east side of East Bank c'pk.
NORFOLK:- Flitcham 30 Tree Sparrow Abbey Fm + Little Owl.
NORFOLK:- Holkham 60 Shorelark 1/4ml E.of Gap + 80 Twite, 2 Snow Bunting.
NORFOLK:- Holkham Park 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by monument @ 8.30.
Tawny Owl early a/noon showing well in cedar by monument.
NORFOLK:- Holkham Pines Firecrest West of Lady Ann's Drive in Holm Oaks by pond @ 12.12.
NORFOLK:- Horsey Mill 6 Crane twd Heigham Holmes @ 11.15am.
NORFOLK:- Lady Anne's Drive Waxwing N.end @ 10.26 by S.end of broadwalk.
NORFOLK:- Loddon 5 Waxwing 11.14 N.side of A146.
NORFOLK:- Lynford Arboretum Hawfinch + 12 Crossbill, 20 Lsr Redpoll, B.Owl, 2 Egyptian Geese.
NORFOLK:- Norwich 18 Waxwing 1.55pm off A1151 Sprowston Rd btw Spencer St & Churchill Rd.
NORFOLK:- South of Wells W.of B1105 just N.of Wighton turning Tundra Bean Goose + Greenland White fronted Goose, Pale-b Brent, 2 Barnacle Geese, 5k Pinkfeet.
NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Campsite Wood Yellow-browed Warbler 9.50am near crosstracks.
NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB Black-winged Stilt freshmarsh +L.Egret, Purple Sand on beach & 4 V.Scoter offshore.
NORFOLK:- Welney WWT 8 Tundra Bean Goose + 5 PfGeese, Scaup.
NORFOLK:- West of B1105 Wighton crossroads (TF904398) 2 Barnacle Goose with Pinkfeet.
NORFOLK:- Wighton juv Glaucous Gull South over @ 8am.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Scalby Mills drk Ring-necked Duck 10.20 with Wigeon flock.
NORTHUMBERLAND:- Long Nanny Burn 3 Shorelark Beadnell Bay + 20 Twite.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2.5ml ENE of Mansfield by abondoned car 100m along Newlands Rd off Lime Grove (SK576622)
OXFORDSHIRE:- Dix Pit 1yr/2yr Iceland Gull & adj tip late morning.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Rotherham 3 Waxwing in c'pk of Parkgate Retail World.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit 8.35am at Birley Edge on Steel Hill, in 3rd grass field W.of derelict bldg.
19 Waxwing at Prince of Wales Rd/Fairleigh jctn by housing offices.
SUFFOLK:- Beccles 1+ Waxwing 12.30 in Rainbow Stores c'pk.
SUFFOLK:- Copdock 16 Waxwing 9.45 near PC.World.
SUFFOLK:- Ipswich 2 Shag wet dock @ 9.30am.
SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB Puffin past + 4 Guillemot, 7 C.Scoter + RTDivers past. 2 Whooper Swan on resrve & male H.Harrier, 10 Ruff.
SUFFOLK:- R.Deben Slavonian Grebe at Waldringfield + 40 Bar-t Godwit flew down river & 31 P-b Brent, 20 Avocet.
SUFFOLK:- Shingle Street Water Pipit in field bhd martello tower + J.Snipe 2 SEOwl. Nearby 5 P-b Brent Oxley Marshes with Dark-b Brent + L.Owl, 4 Grey Partridges.
SUFFOLK:- Westleton Heath 7 Crossbill
SURREY:- Bourne Hall Lake fem Ring-necked Duck Ewell Village pm (TQ219628).
SURREY:- Seale 1w Glaucous Gull 2.5ml E.of Farnham 10.55am in 2nd fld South of tip & viewable from minor road.
SURREY:- Seale Tip 1w Glaucous Gull 2ml E.of Farnham over 1.30pm
SURREY:- Staines Resr Black-throated Diver North basin.
SURREY:- Thursley Common Great Grey Shrike by pylon 38.
SUSSEX:- Pagham Hbr ad Glaucous Gull 9am on East side + 3 P-b Brent in hbr + redhead Smew on lagoon.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Halifax 20 Waxwing 2pm btw Tesco + fire stn + 8 Siskin, 6 Redwing.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Huddersfield 16 Waxwing 2.30pm on Jim Lane, Marsh.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Leeds 23 Waxwing @ Far Headingley.
WORCESTERSHIRE:- Bredons Hardwick 2 White-fronted Goose
ABERDEENSHIRE:- Aberdeen 10 Waxwing @ 11am Berryden btw Sainsbury's & main road.
ANGLESEY:- Trearddur Bay juv Surf Scoter 11.20am with 25 Goldeneye.
AYRSHIRE:- Troon Hbr 1w Iceland Gull 11.15am.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- nr Hedgerley Landfill ad Iceland Gull 10.45am in flds S.of M40 off Hedgerley Lane.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- St Neots 6 Waxwing 8.40am off Barford Rd in Tesco c/pk.
CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm drk American Wigeon on Border Pool till 10.10 at least.
drk Smew
CHESHIRE:- Moore NR 3 Short-eared Owl am West of tip.
CHESHIRE:- Neston Old Quay (SJ287768) Water Pipit + 5 L.Egret.
CHESHIRE:- Newchurch Common redhead Smew + Goosander.
CLEVELAND:- Stockton-on-Tees c10 Waxwing along bypass adj to roadbridge.
CLWYD:- Little Orme Black Redstart in top quarry. RnGrebe Penrhyn Bay opp W.groyne + 5 RTDiver, GNDiver.
CUMBRIA:- Rockcliffe Marshes ad Ross's Goose a/noon + Barnacle Geese.
CUMBRIA:- Talkin Tarn (NY545586) 1w drk Lesser Scaup 9.30am.
DEVON:- Barnstaple ad Ring-billed Gull 9.30am in Seven Brethren Lorry Park by snack bar.
DEVON:- Taw est. drk Green-winged Teal from Isley Marsh c10.10 (SS490327).
DORSET:- Durlston Head 200 Guillemot btw castle & lighthouse + sev.Razorbill offshore, 10 Fulmar.
DORSET:- Morden Park Lake drk Ferruginous Duck 10.10am.
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Beverley 11 Waxwing off A1035 Hull bridge Rd btw Goodfell Rd & Eager Beaver public house (cTA041407).
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Hornsea Mere 1w drk Lesser Scaup viewed from private hide (NO PUBLIC ACCESS).
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Leven Tip 2w Glaucous Gull mid morning.
ESSEX:- Danbury Lakes 8(6drk) Goosander
ESSEX:- Great Holland Rough-legged Buzzard Gravel pits reserve looking N.@ 12.30-12.45pm.
ESSEX:- Maldon 7 Waxwing 10.30am at Mayflower Drive/Fambridge Rd jctn.
ESSEX:- Westcliff-on-sea ad Ring-billed Gull by Rossi's icecream parlour.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Forest of Dean Little Bunting 11.40 N.of Tidenham Chase at The Park + 15 Crossbill (ST554992). From c/pk W.of B4228 go W.to obelisk.
GTR. MANCHESTER:- Cheadle Hulme 2 Waxwing off Bradshaw Hall Lane by A34 bypass (SJ865856).
GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter 11.26 close inshore off prom opp tearoom.
GWYNEDD:- Morfa Madryn ad Ring-billed Gull on east pool till 11am only.
HAMPSHIRE:- Hayling Island Slavonian Grebe on sea near the Inn on the Beach + Guillemot.
HAMPSHIRE:- Langstone Hbr 2 Black-necked Grebe off Hayling early afternoon + Merlin.
KENT:- Denge Marsh 8 Whooper Swan
KENT:- Dungeness RSPB Red-throated Diver ARC pit. 2 LTDuck on New Diggings.
KENT:- Lydd Pits redhead Smew
KENT:- Sandown Castle Black Redstart + W.Pipit on golf course flood below castle + 2 R.Pipit.
KENT:- Sevenoaks NR Bittern
KENT:- Trosley CP Hawfinch in trees in c/pk tho elusive.
LANCASHIRE:- 1.5ml N.of Slaidburn Great Grey Shrike 12.30pm on Sagar Hill SD711547.
LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake ad Mediterranean Gull
LANCASHIRE:- Fishmoor Resr 1w Mediterranean Gull
LANCASHIRE:- Heysham Waxwing @ Hall Grove (SD413609).
LANCASHIRE:- Rivington Resr drk Ring-necked Duck N.of cswy (SD622145).
LANCASHIRE:- Whinney Hill Tip 2 1w Glaucous Gull + 1w.Iceland Gull.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Grimsby 18 Waxwing @ Great Coates in Woad Lane 10.30am.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- RAF Cranwell 1w Rose-col Starling 3ml NW of Sleaford am in 10 Flowerdown Ave.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Wyberton 3 Waxwing S.of Boston on Tytton Lane East off A16.
LOTHIAN:- Haddington 2 Waxwing by old A1 opp Jet garage.
MERSEYSIDE:- Hilbre Island 9 Little Gull + 31 Purple Sand, 26 RTDiver, 31 C.Scoter, 25 Pale-b Brent, Dark-b Brent.
MERSEYSIDE:- New Brighton ad Mediterranean Gull by lake.
NORFOLK:- Abbey Farm, Flitcham Rough-legged Buzzard 11.45 viewable looking NE.from Farm twd pines + 2 Buzzard.
NORFOLK:- Aylsham Waxwing 1.12pm by Bure Valley Railway.
NORFOLK:- Blickling Hall Lake Red-necked Grebe 2ml NW of Aylsham 10.54.
NORFOLK:- by road 1/2ml from Croxton twd Mundford 250 Brambling early a/noon.
NORFOLK:- Cantley Marshes 40+Taiga Bean Goose from end of Burnt House Road late am.
NORFOLK:- Choseley 125 Ruff in field E.of drying barns with gull flock.
NORFOLK:- Cley NWT 2 Water Pipit east side of East Bank c'pk.
NORFOLK:- Flitcham 30 Tree Sparrow Abbey Fm + Little Owl.
NORFOLK:- Holkham 60 Shorelark 1/4ml E.of Gap + 80 Twite, 2 Snow Bunting.
NORFOLK:- Holkham Park 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by monument @ 8.30.
Tawny Owl early a/noon showing well in cedar by monument.
NORFOLK:- Holkham Pines Firecrest West of Lady Ann's Drive in Holm Oaks by pond @ 12.12.
NORFOLK:- Horsey Mill 6 Crane twd Heigham Holmes @ 11.15am.
NORFOLK:- Lady Anne's Drive Waxwing N.end @ 10.26 by S.end of broadwalk.
NORFOLK:- Loddon 5 Waxwing 11.14 N.side of A146.
NORFOLK:- Lynford Arboretum Hawfinch + 12 Crossbill, 20 Lsr Redpoll, B.Owl, 2 Egyptian Geese.
NORFOLK:- Norwich 18 Waxwing 1.55pm off A1151 Sprowston Rd btw Spencer St & Churchill Rd.
NORFOLK:- South of Wells W.of B1105 just N.of Wighton turning Tundra Bean Goose + Greenland White fronted Goose, Pale-b Brent, 2 Barnacle Geese, 5k Pinkfeet.
NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Campsite Wood Yellow-browed Warbler 9.50am near crosstracks.
NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB Black-winged Stilt freshmarsh +L.Egret, Purple Sand on beach & 4 V.Scoter offshore.
NORFOLK:- Welney WWT 8 Tundra Bean Goose + 5 PfGeese, Scaup.
NORFOLK:- West of B1105 Wighton crossroads (TF904398) 2 Barnacle Goose with Pinkfeet.
NORFOLK:- Wighton juv Glaucous Gull South over @ 8am.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Scalby Mills drk Ring-necked Duck 10.20 with Wigeon flock.
NORTHUMBERLAND:- Long Nanny Burn 3 Shorelark Beadnell Bay + 20 Twite.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2.5ml ENE of Mansfield by abondoned car 100m along Newlands Rd off Lime Grove (SK576622)
OXFORDSHIRE:- Dix Pit 1yr/2yr Iceland Gull & adj tip late morning.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Rotherham 3 Waxwing in c'pk of Parkgate Retail World.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit 8.35am at Birley Edge on Steel Hill, in 3rd grass field W.of derelict bldg.
19 Waxwing at Prince of Wales Rd/Fairleigh jctn by housing offices.
SUFFOLK:- Beccles 1+ Waxwing 12.30 in Rainbow Stores c'pk.
SUFFOLK:- Copdock 16 Waxwing 9.45 near PC.World.
SUFFOLK:- Ipswich 2 Shag wet dock @ 9.30am.
SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB Puffin past + 4 Guillemot, 7 C.Scoter + RTDivers past. 2 Whooper Swan on resrve & male H.Harrier, 10 Ruff.
SUFFOLK:- R.Deben Slavonian Grebe at Waldringfield + 40 Bar-t Godwit flew down river & 31 P-b Brent, 20 Avocet.
SUFFOLK:- Shingle Street Water Pipit in field bhd martello tower + J.Snipe 2 SEOwl. Nearby 5 P-b Brent Oxley Marshes with Dark-b Brent + L.Owl, 4 Grey Partridges.
SUFFOLK:- Westleton Heath 7 Crossbill
SURREY:- Bourne Hall Lake fem Ring-necked Duck Ewell Village pm (TQ219628).
SURREY:- Seale 1w Glaucous Gull 2.5ml E.of Farnham 10.55am in 2nd fld South of tip & viewable from minor road.
SURREY:- Seale Tip 1w Glaucous Gull 2ml E.of Farnham over 1.30pm
SURREY:- Staines Resr Black-throated Diver North basin.
SURREY:- Thursley Common Great Grey Shrike by pylon 38.
SUSSEX:- Pagham Hbr ad Glaucous Gull 9am on East side + 3 P-b Brent in hbr + redhead Smew on lagoon.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Halifax 20 Waxwing 2pm btw Tesco + fire stn + 8 Siskin, 6 Redwing.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Huddersfield 16 Waxwing 2.30pm on Jim Lane, Marsh.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Leeds 23 Waxwing @ Far Headingley.
WORCESTERSHIRE:- Bredons Hardwick 2 White-fronted Goose