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Friday 24th January 2003, 08:57
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BEDFORD:- The Lodge, Sandy 1 Waxwing 3.05pm in limes by main house.
BEDFORD:- Warren Villas Little Egret 1.06pm at least on the island.
BERKSHIRE:- Bury Down ringtail Hen Harrier 12.30pm + 7 SEOwl, 2 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat.
BERKSHIRE:- Dinton Pastures fem Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 10.15am by path at top of Black Swan Lake nr Sailing Club.
BORDERS:- Chirnside Waxwing 9am nr Chirnside School by A6105.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Foxcote Resr redhead Smew + 19 Goosander.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Milton Keynes 2 Waxwing at Isaacson Drive/Gaddesden Crescent jctn SP903369.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Eynesbury Waxwing S.of St.Neots am on Barford Rd.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Ferry Meadows 7 White-fronted Goose over Heron Meadows am.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Hinxton Great Grey Shrike 1.30pm on overhead cables btw R.Cam & railway TL491451.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Priors Fen 2 ad Whooper Swan on Middle Pit + 2 Dunlin W.
CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm Long-tailed Duck on Pool 1 + drk Smew. Drk American Wigeon Border Pool + drk GwTeal.
CHESHIRE:- Langley Mill Pond (SJ945716) redhead Smew off Holehouse Ln pm.
CHESHIRE:- Moore NR Green Sandpiper on pits btw reserve + tip + L.Redpoll.
CHESHIRE:- Neston Old Quay 2 Twite with Linnets + 80 Bewick's Swan, 4 L.Egret.
CLWYD:- Pensarn 10 Snow Bunting on beach. Blk Redstart L.Orme top quarry.
CLWYD:- Tal-y-cafn Bridge Common Sandpiper
CORNWALL:- Hayle est drk American Wigeon am on Copperhouse Creek at E.end.
CORNWALL:- Helston Boating Lake (SW655272) 1w Ring-billed Gull at N.end by cafe.
CORNWALL:- Marazion 4 Red-throated Diver 2.30pm at least offshore in Little London Bay + 2+BTDiver.
CUMBRIA:- Cavendish Dock 2 ad Mediterranean Gull 2pm on water from E.bank, with BhGulls. Also Spot Redshank, Greenshank, 4 Blk-t Godwit, 2 Peregrine, Water Rail, 60 PfGeese N.
CUMBRIA:- Newton Marsh ad Ross's Goose am with 5,000 Barnacle Geese from grassy layby at Anthorn.
DERBYSHIRE:- Swarkestone Lake (SK364278) fem Lesser Scaup off A514 5.5ml SW of Derby 10.50am.
DEVON:- Hartland Forest (SS298200) Great Grey Shrike 10ml SW of Bideford 9am in Trew Plantation. Take minor rd from golfclub to Woolfardisworthy + view from 2nd track on L.
DORSET:- Portland Bill 2 Short-eared Owl in Top Fields. Blk Redstart on Reap Ln, Weston. RnGrebe Portland Hbr + 6 BnGrebe, Slav Grebe. 2 PbBrents Ferrybridge + Blk Redstart.
DORSET:- Stanpit Marsh Great White Egret SW @ 4.15pm, poss landed Hengistbury Hd.
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Aldbrough 2 Waxwing in back gdns of 28 North St (birders welcome, please knock).
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Bridlington 7 Waxwing early pm in Tesco c/pk.
FIFE:- Ruddons Point (NO454004) 2 drk Surf Scoter E.end of Largo Bay + 53 Scaup.
GWYNEDD:- Foryd Bay Little Egret + Green Sand. L.Egret Aber Ogwen + Water Rail, Kingfisher.
GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter pm off W.end of prom + GNDiver, Slav Grebe, Dipper on stream.
HAMPSHIRE:- Itchen Bridge ad Mediterranean Gull + L.Egret.
HAMPSHIRE:- Titchfield Haven NR 2 male Marsh Harrier from Meon Canal Path am + Buzzard. 6 Water Pipit in fld N.of Bridge St 12.15pm.
HAMPSHIRE:- Vales Moor (SU195040) Great Grey Shrike 2ml ESE of Ringwood
HIGHLAND:- 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge Great Grey Shrike am on wires by B970 by entrance to Tomachrochar.
ISLE OF MAN:- Ramsey Black Redstart noon in Hbr mouth.
ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Waxwing in priv.gdn in Hugh Town.
KENT:- Bedgbury Pinetum (TQ718335) Hawfinch pm + 3 Mandarin.
KENT:- Dungeness 2 1w Caspian Gull am at the Patch off power station.
KENT:- Dungeness RSPB Slavonian Grebe Burrowes Pit + 2drk Smew new workings + Chiffchaff.
KENT:- Halling 2 Waxwing pm on bypass viewed from Cemetery Rd footbridge. 2 Common Sand on R.Medway off Low Meadow Ln, Halling + Green Sand.
KENT:- New Hythe GPs Bittern
3 redhead Smew on pit NE of M20 j4.
KENT:- Northdown Park Waxwing am + 14 Brent Geese Walpole Bay + Blk Redsatrt at cstgds.
KENT:- Whitstable White Stork over early pm.
LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake ad Mediterranean Gull 11.14am at E.end.
LANCASHIRE:- Fishmoor Resr (SD697260) ad Iceland Gull 3.25pm + 1w Glaucous Gull, 1w Med Gull.
LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT fem Ferruginous Duck on mere am + Firecrest by Gladstone Hide.
drk Green-winged Teal from Millers Bridge Hide.
LANCASHIRE:- Rivington Resr drk Ring-necked Duck 10.30am nr 'The Street' house nr Yew Tree Pub. Also here Nuthatch + 3 Bullfinch.
LANCASHIRE:- Rossall Pt Snow Bunting on beach nr Marine Lake.
LANCASHIRE:- Skelmersdale Waxwing 9.10am on Church Rd briefly.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- nr Temple Brewer Church 30+ Brambling off A15 on minor rd twds Wellingore.
LOTHIAN:- Edinburgh Waxwing over St Clair Terrace, Morningside am.
NORFOLK:- Beeston Common 10 Waxwing Sheringham N.of A149 in alder viewed from pull-in.
NORFOLK:- Blickling Hall Lake Red-necked Grebe 2ml NW of Aylsham am at least. 30+Brambling 1ml NW of Blickling Hall in c/pk by rd.
NORFOLK:- btw Cley + Salthouse ad Black Brant N.of A149 in flds + 2 PbBrents.
NORFOLK:- btw Fakenham + Hempton 4 Waxwing 9.30am nr Shell Garage on A1065.
NORFOLK:- btw Titchwell + Thornham 60 Snow Bunting on beach.
NORFOLK:- btw Wells + Wighton 1w Glaucous Gull W.past mid am.
NORFOLK:- Cley NWT ad Black Brant pm in Eye Fld + 3 PbBrent, 1500 DbBrent.
NORFOLK:- Fritton 5 Waxwing on E.side by A143 300m from Fritton Lake entrance.
NORFOLK:- Holme Waxwing E.@ 2pm.
NORFOLK:- Norwich 6+ Waxwing 1.30pm in SW at Cringleford in gdn of 7 Keswick Close.
NORFOLK:- Thorpe St.Andrew 11 Waxwing by 3rd r/bout on Dussindale Drive but mobile.
NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB 2 ad Black Brant + 2 Brents on W.side W.Bank then flew twds Brancaster + BwStilt, 5 Sp Redshank, 47 Snow Bunting.
Waxwing 1pm in off sea twds vis.cntr.
NORFOLK:- Warham Greens juv fem Pallid Harrier 3.35pm moving E.viewed from Wells.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Elvington 3 Waxwing in bungalow gdns opp airfield.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Filey Dams NR 4 Waxwing from main hide. Lapland Bunting Filey NCCP + Jack Snipe.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Staithes 7+ Shorelark in ploughed fld W.of Cleveland Way nr Cliff Farm.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Wheldrake 3 Scaup at Bank Island + 390 PfGeese NW am.
NORTHUMBERLAND:- Benton 4 Waxwing NW of Wallsend by Coach Ln/Greenlee Drive jctn NZ276674.
NORTHUMBERLAND:- North Shields ad Glaucous Gull 11am on fish quay + 400 PfGeese over.
OXFORDSHIRE:- Blenheim 5 Crossbill + 7(4drk)Mandarin.
SHETLAND:- Unst drk Ring-necked Duck at Easter Loch.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit am at Birley Edge on Skew Hill SK330932.
STAFFORDSHIRE:- Branston 15 Waxwing am on Torrance Close.
STAFFORDSHIRE:- Weeping Cross Waxwing 2ml SE of Stafford nr surgery.
SUFFOLK:- Benacre Broad 3 redhead Smew pm + 3 YlGull.
SUFFOLK:- Elveden Great Grey Shrike 12.35pm by A11 Elveden Monument TL787776.
SUFFOLK:- Ipswich 5(4drk) Mandarin am on Wilderness Pond, Christchurch Pk + Kingfisher.
SUFFOLK:- Landguard NR 8 Snow Bunting + 8+Med Gull.
SUFFOLK:- Southwold Town Marsh ad Caspian Gull + 150 Barnacle Geese.
SURREY:- Virginia Water 10 Mandarin + 3m Brambling in finch flock by main gate on beech mast.
SUSSEX:- Ifield Mill Pond Water Rail 2ml W.of Crawley.
WEST MIDLANDS:- Netherton Waxwing 1ml S.of Dudley 9.05am off B4173 Cradley Rd opp Kwik Save SO946871.
BEDFORD:- The Lodge, Sandy 1 Waxwing 3.05pm in limes by main house.
BEDFORD:- Warren Villas Little Egret 1.06pm at least on the island.
BERKSHIRE:- Bury Down ringtail Hen Harrier 12.30pm + 7 SEOwl, 2 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat.
BERKSHIRE:- Dinton Pastures fem Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 10.15am by path at top of Black Swan Lake nr Sailing Club.
BORDERS:- Chirnside Waxwing 9am nr Chirnside School by A6105.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Foxcote Resr redhead Smew + 19 Goosander.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Milton Keynes 2 Waxwing at Isaacson Drive/Gaddesden Crescent jctn SP903369.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Eynesbury Waxwing S.of St.Neots am on Barford Rd.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Ferry Meadows 7 White-fronted Goose over Heron Meadows am.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Hinxton Great Grey Shrike 1.30pm on overhead cables btw R.Cam & railway TL491451.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Priors Fen 2 ad Whooper Swan on Middle Pit + 2 Dunlin W.
CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm Long-tailed Duck on Pool 1 + drk Smew. Drk American Wigeon Border Pool + drk GwTeal.
CHESHIRE:- Langley Mill Pond (SJ945716) redhead Smew off Holehouse Ln pm.
CHESHIRE:- Moore NR Green Sandpiper on pits btw reserve + tip + L.Redpoll.
CHESHIRE:- Neston Old Quay 2 Twite with Linnets + 80 Bewick's Swan, 4 L.Egret.
CLWYD:- Pensarn 10 Snow Bunting on beach. Blk Redstart L.Orme top quarry.
CLWYD:- Tal-y-cafn Bridge Common Sandpiper
CORNWALL:- Hayle est drk American Wigeon am on Copperhouse Creek at E.end.
CORNWALL:- Helston Boating Lake (SW655272) 1w Ring-billed Gull at N.end by cafe.
CORNWALL:- Marazion 4 Red-throated Diver 2.30pm at least offshore in Little London Bay + 2+BTDiver.
CUMBRIA:- Cavendish Dock 2 ad Mediterranean Gull 2pm on water from E.bank, with BhGulls. Also Spot Redshank, Greenshank, 4 Blk-t Godwit, 2 Peregrine, Water Rail, 60 PfGeese N.
CUMBRIA:- Newton Marsh ad Ross's Goose am with 5,000 Barnacle Geese from grassy layby at Anthorn.
DERBYSHIRE:- Swarkestone Lake (SK364278) fem Lesser Scaup off A514 5.5ml SW of Derby 10.50am.
DEVON:- Hartland Forest (SS298200) Great Grey Shrike 10ml SW of Bideford 9am in Trew Plantation. Take minor rd from golfclub to Woolfardisworthy + view from 2nd track on L.
DORSET:- Portland Bill 2 Short-eared Owl in Top Fields. Blk Redstart on Reap Ln, Weston. RnGrebe Portland Hbr + 6 BnGrebe, Slav Grebe. 2 PbBrents Ferrybridge + Blk Redstart.
DORSET:- Stanpit Marsh Great White Egret SW @ 4.15pm, poss landed Hengistbury Hd.
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Aldbrough 2 Waxwing in back gdns of 28 North St (birders welcome, please knock).
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Bridlington 7 Waxwing early pm in Tesco c/pk.
FIFE:- Ruddons Point (NO454004) 2 drk Surf Scoter E.end of Largo Bay + 53 Scaup.
GWYNEDD:- Foryd Bay Little Egret + Green Sand. L.Egret Aber Ogwen + Water Rail, Kingfisher.
GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter pm off W.end of prom + GNDiver, Slav Grebe, Dipper on stream.
HAMPSHIRE:- Itchen Bridge ad Mediterranean Gull + L.Egret.
HAMPSHIRE:- Titchfield Haven NR 2 male Marsh Harrier from Meon Canal Path am + Buzzard. 6 Water Pipit in fld N.of Bridge St 12.15pm.
HAMPSHIRE:- Vales Moor (SU195040) Great Grey Shrike 2ml ESE of Ringwood
HIGHLAND:- 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge Great Grey Shrike am on wires by B970 by entrance to Tomachrochar.
ISLE OF MAN:- Ramsey Black Redstart noon in Hbr mouth.
ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Waxwing in priv.gdn in Hugh Town.
KENT:- Bedgbury Pinetum (TQ718335) Hawfinch pm + 3 Mandarin.
KENT:- Dungeness 2 1w Caspian Gull am at the Patch off power station.
KENT:- Dungeness RSPB Slavonian Grebe Burrowes Pit + 2drk Smew new workings + Chiffchaff.
KENT:- Halling 2 Waxwing pm on bypass viewed from Cemetery Rd footbridge. 2 Common Sand on R.Medway off Low Meadow Ln, Halling + Green Sand.
KENT:- New Hythe GPs Bittern
3 redhead Smew on pit NE of M20 j4.
KENT:- Northdown Park Waxwing am + 14 Brent Geese Walpole Bay + Blk Redsatrt at cstgds.
KENT:- Whitstable White Stork over early pm.
LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake ad Mediterranean Gull 11.14am at E.end.
LANCASHIRE:- Fishmoor Resr (SD697260) ad Iceland Gull 3.25pm + 1w Glaucous Gull, 1w Med Gull.
LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT fem Ferruginous Duck on mere am + Firecrest by Gladstone Hide.
drk Green-winged Teal from Millers Bridge Hide.
LANCASHIRE:- Rivington Resr drk Ring-necked Duck 10.30am nr 'The Street' house nr Yew Tree Pub. Also here Nuthatch + 3 Bullfinch.
LANCASHIRE:- Rossall Pt Snow Bunting on beach nr Marine Lake.
LANCASHIRE:- Skelmersdale Waxwing 9.10am on Church Rd briefly.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- nr Temple Brewer Church 30+ Brambling off A15 on minor rd twds Wellingore.
LOTHIAN:- Edinburgh Waxwing over St Clair Terrace, Morningside am.
NORFOLK:- Beeston Common 10 Waxwing Sheringham N.of A149 in alder viewed from pull-in.
NORFOLK:- Blickling Hall Lake Red-necked Grebe 2ml NW of Aylsham am at least. 30+Brambling 1ml NW of Blickling Hall in c/pk by rd.
NORFOLK:- btw Cley + Salthouse ad Black Brant N.of A149 in flds + 2 PbBrents.
NORFOLK:- btw Fakenham + Hempton 4 Waxwing 9.30am nr Shell Garage on A1065.
NORFOLK:- btw Titchwell + Thornham 60 Snow Bunting on beach.
NORFOLK:- btw Wells + Wighton 1w Glaucous Gull W.past mid am.
NORFOLK:- Cley NWT ad Black Brant pm in Eye Fld + 3 PbBrent, 1500 DbBrent.
NORFOLK:- Fritton 5 Waxwing on E.side by A143 300m from Fritton Lake entrance.
NORFOLK:- Holme Waxwing E.@ 2pm.
NORFOLK:- Norwich 6+ Waxwing 1.30pm in SW at Cringleford in gdn of 7 Keswick Close.
NORFOLK:- Thorpe St.Andrew 11 Waxwing by 3rd r/bout on Dussindale Drive but mobile.
NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB 2 ad Black Brant + 2 Brents on W.side W.Bank then flew twds Brancaster + BwStilt, 5 Sp Redshank, 47 Snow Bunting.
Waxwing 1pm in off sea twds vis.cntr.
NORFOLK:- Warham Greens juv fem Pallid Harrier 3.35pm moving E.viewed from Wells.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Elvington 3 Waxwing in bungalow gdns opp airfield.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Filey Dams NR 4 Waxwing from main hide. Lapland Bunting Filey NCCP + Jack Snipe.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Staithes 7+ Shorelark in ploughed fld W.of Cleveland Way nr Cliff Farm.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Wheldrake 3 Scaup at Bank Island + 390 PfGeese NW am.
NORTHUMBERLAND:- Benton 4 Waxwing NW of Wallsend by Coach Ln/Greenlee Drive jctn NZ276674.
NORTHUMBERLAND:- North Shields ad Glaucous Gull 11am on fish quay + 400 PfGeese over.
OXFORDSHIRE:- Blenheim 5 Crossbill + 7(4drk)Mandarin.
SHETLAND:- Unst drk Ring-necked Duck at Easter Loch.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit am at Birley Edge on Skew Hill SK330932.
STAFFORDSHIRE:- Branston 15 Waxwing am on Torrance Close.
STAFFORDSHIRE:- Weeping Cross Waxwing 2ml SE of Stafford nr surgery.
SUFFOLK:- Benacre Broad 3 redhead Smew pm + 3 YlGull.
SUFFOLK:- Elveden Great Grey Shrike 12.35pm by A11 Elveden Monument TL787776.
SUFFOLK:- Ipswich 5(4drk) Mandarin am on Wilderness Pond, Christchurch Pk + Kingfisher.
SUFFOLK:- Landguard NR 8 Snow Bunting + 8+Med Gull.
SUFFOLK:- Southwold Town Marsh ad Caspian Gull + 150 Barnacle Geese.
SURREY:- Virginia Water 10 Mandarin + 3m Brambling in finch flock by main gate on beech mast.
SUSSEX:- Ifield Mill Pond Water Rail 2ml W.of Crawley.
WEST MIDLANDS:- Netherton Waxwing 1ml S.of Dudley 9.05am off B4173 Cradley Rd opp Kwik Save SO946871.