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Tuesday 28th January 2003, 09:04
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BUCKS m.TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL NW OF HEDGERLEY 2ml W.OF GERRARDS CROSS 9am+50+CROSSBILL SU963880 PK HEDGERLEY LN, DOWN ANDREW HILL LN TO DIP+VIEW WOOD.
CHESH LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER INNER MARSH FM MID A/NOON BUT MOBILE +drk AMERICAN WIGEON, drk GWTEAL
HANTS UNKNOWN ORIGIN Black Kite. Cheesefoot Head, 9.35-9.55am in dead tree viewed from c/pk.
NORF 4+ Waxwing. Thorpe St.Andrew, am by 3rd r/bout on Dussindale Drive TG277097.
SUFF 3+ Waxwing. Barton Mills, 8.05am on A11 r/bout TL728741.
DEV Glossy Ibis. Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) , 8.45am from hide + 4 Spoonbill.
DORS Chough. St Alban's Head, am still. Park at Rempstone c/pk in Worth + walk to head, NO VEHICLE ACCESS on private rd.
BEDS 20+Yellowhammer Stotfold bhnd surgery in ploughed fld +Fieldfares, Skylarks, 20+Lapwing.
BEDS Waxwing Little Barford 8.35am by pwr stn r/bout.
STAFFS Waxwing. Weeping Cross - 2ml SE of Stafford, 9am off Bodmin Ave nr surgery SJ948215.
SUFF GGShrike 9.40 Weather Heath by A11 from Elveden Monument TL787776.
SUFF Red Kite Pakefield 8.50am off sea. 3 Med Gull on beach +5 Snow Bunt.
CUMB ad Ross's Goose. just W.of Campfield Marsh RSPB - 2.75ml WSW of Bowness, am from rd 200m W.of Pasture House with 1000+Barnacle Geese.
NRF 1w Med Gull 1ml SSW of E.Harling am in 2nd fld W.of B1111 jctn.
NRF 7 Waxwing E.of Sheringham am by Beeston Priory Maze TG170426.
CORN 1w Ring-billed Gull. Helston Boating Lake (SW655272), at N.end.
ESX 27 Waxwing Pitsea 10.15am on Rokescroft.
SUFF redhead Smew Minsmere RSPB from beach platform + 2ad Whooper Swan (NR shut).
NRF 29 Shorelark Holkham Gap +10 Twite, 40 Snow Buntings, 2 V.Scoter, Scaup.
NRF Red Kite Waxham SW @ 1050am.
NRF RnGrebe Blickling Hall Lake am.
AYRS 1w Iceland Gull. Troon Hbr (NS308316).
E.YKS 15 Waxwing. Cottingham, 11.15am at Greenwood Ave/37th Ave jctn TA065328.
NORF ad Black Brant. Cley NWT, am in Eye Field + 2 PbBrent TG049451.
LANCS 1w Iceland Gull Whinney Hill Tip + 1w Glaucous Gull. View from quarry entrance f/pth.
LANCS 2 L.Gull Heysham N.Hbr +2 RTDiver, 90+Kittiwake.
HANTS Blk Kite 1ml SE of Cheesefoot Head 11.55 +Red Kite viewed from Lane End Down SU550262.
HANTS Blk Redstart 1km W.of Hambledon at Hoe Cross Fm.
LINCS 1w Rose-col Starling. RAF Cranwell - 3ml NW of Sleaford, 12.05pm nr 10 Flowerdown Ave.
BUCKS ad Iceland Gull. Hedgerley Tip, 12.05pm from bridge over M40.
CHESH 2 Waxwing Stockton Heath on Acker's Ln SJ622865.
CORN Waxwing. Penpol - 3.5ml S.of Truro, 1ml E.of Devoran, by bridge 11am only.
M/SIDE Fulmar over W.Kirby am.
CENTRAL 58+Taiga Bean Geese 1/2ml NNW of Slamannan, by R.Avon at Wester Jaw viewed from playarea W.of primary school.
NORF 3ad Med Gull Overstrand Beach + L.Gull on sea.
S/CLYDE 3w Iceland Gull Carbarns Pond - 2.5ml SE of Motherwell, late am on N.side of R.Clyde.
CHESH redhead Smew Langley Mill Pond SJ945716 off Holehouse Ln.
CUMB 4 Waxwing Kendal 12.30pm on A6 Shap Rd in Fermanite c/pk.
ESX 7 Waxwing Birchanger Green M11 Services, 1pm.
G.MCR 26 Mandarin Marple on canal by Aqueduct Business Pk.
SURR Firecrest Hindhead, in priv.gdn.
DORS Velvet Scoter Poole Hbr N.of Brownsea Island with 10+Eider. LtDuck W.of island + 300+Avocet on Brownsea Lagoon.
GLAM 2w Glaucous Gull. Lamby Way Tip, am opp Lamby Way Lake.
M/SIDE 2 Waxwing Bootle pm W.end Bedford Rd in Brasenose Ind.Est.
W.MIDS Waxwing Netherton, S.of Dudley, 1.10pm opp Kwik Save off B4173 Cradley Rd SO946871.
S.YKS 1w Mediterranean Gull. Old Moor NR, noon at Manvers Lake.
SUFF 11 Waxwing. Copdock - 3ml SW of Ipswich, 1.50pm in Tesco c/pk.
NOTTS Great Grey Shrike. Forest Town - 2.5ml ENE of Mansfield, 1.45pm off Lime Grove on Newlands Rd nr troughs SK576622.
CORN drk American Wigeon. Hayle est, pm off B3301 cswy by Midway Garage.
E.YKS drk Ring-necked Duck Hull on East Park Lake.
H/LAND 7 Waxwing. 1.5ml ESE of Inverness, off A9 at Beechwood Park.
CAMBS 1w Caspian Gull. Godmanchester, 12-1.30pm on flood meadow 1/2ml W.of Tip then flew onto Tip.
BEDS GtGShrike 2ml S.of Woburn 2.20pm by rd to Potsgrove 450m SW of A4012 by Old Fm.
ESX ad Waxwing. Harold Hill, from 2pm on rowans at Wednesbury Green off St Neots Road.
DEV drk Green-winged Teal. Isley Marsh RSPB, + 5 Spoonbill, Spot Redshank.
NRF j.f.Pallid Harrier Warham Greens 2.15 +landed twds E.Hills.
NRF drk GwTeal Buckenham RSPB 12.10pm from hide by windpump +M.Harrier, Peregrine.
BEDS fem Firecrest The Lodge, Sandy, 1.50pm in Yews Eof Yew Tree c/pk.
SHETL 6 Glaucous Gull. Unst, at Burrafirth.
NOTTS 14 Waxwing 4ml N.of Nottingham 3.25pm at Rise Park Primary School.
NORF 6 Crane Heigham Holmes N.of Martham.
NORF Purple Sand Sea Palling on offshore reefs.
SURR BTDiver Staines Resr on N.basin.
AYRS 3 Waxwing btw Ayr + Prestwick pm off B743 Heathfield Rd in back gdn of 13 Hunter's Ave NS350240.
CAMBS 2 1w Caspian Gull. Godmanchester Tip, NO DETAILS.
BUCKS 1w Caspian Gull. Hedgerley Tip - 1.5ml W.of Gerrards Cross, 2pm + 1w YlGull.
KENT ringtail Hen Harrier Worth Marsh + L.Egret, Merlin, 5 Stonechat. 6 L.Gull past Sandwich Bay Est.+ 400 RTDiver, 600 Gannet, 8000 auks.
BUCKS m.TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL NW OF HEDGERLEY 2ml W.OF GERRARDS CROSS 9am+50+CROSSBILL SU963880 PK HEDGERLEY LN, DOWN ANDREW HILL LN TO DIP+VIEW WOOD.
CHESH LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER INNER MARSH FM MID A/NOON BUT MOBILE +drk AMERICAN WIGEON, drk GWTEAL
HANTS UNKNOWN ORIGIN Black Kite. Cheesefoot Head, 9.35-9.55am in dead tree viewed from c/pk.
NORF 4+ Waxwing. Thorpe St.Andrew, am by 3rd r/bout on Dussindale Drive TG277097.
SUFF 3+ Waxwing. Barton Mills, 8.05am on A11 r/bout TL728741.
DEV Glossy Ibis. Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) , 8.45am from hide + 4 Spoonbill.
DORS Chough. St Alban's Head, am still. Park at Rempstone c/pk in Worth + walk to head, NO VEHICLE ACCESS on private rd.
BEDS 20+Yellowhammer Stotfold bhnd surgery in ploughed fld +Fieldfares, Skylarks, 20+Lapwing.
BEDS Waxwing Little Barford 8.35am by pwr stn r/bout.
STAFFS Waxwing. Weeping Cross - 2ml SE of Stafford, 9am off Bodmin Ave nr surgery SJ948215.
SUFF GGShrike 9.40 Weather Heath by A11 from Elveden Monument TL787776.
SUFF Red Kite Pakefield 8.50am off sea. 3 Med Gull on beach +5 Snow Bunt.
CUMB ad Ross's Goose. just W.of Campfield Marsh RSPB - 2.75ml WSW of Bowness, am from rd 200m W.of Pasture House with 1000+Barnacle Geese.
NRF 1w Med Gull 1ml SSW of E.Harling am in 2nd fld W.of B1111 jctn.
NRF 7 Waxwing E.of Sheringham am by Beeston Priory Maze TG170426.
CORN 1w Ring-billed Gull. Helston Boating Lake (SW655272), at N.end.
ESX 27 Waxwing Pitsea 10.15am on Rokescroft.
SUFF redhead Smew Minsmere RSPB from beach platform + 2ad Whooper Swan (NR shut).
NRF 29 Shorelark Holkham Gap +10 Twite, 40 Snow Buntings, 2 V.Scoter, Scaup.
NRF Red Kite Waxham SW @ 1050am.
NRF RnGrebe Blickling Hall Lake am.
AYRS 1w Iceland Gull. Troon Hbr (NS308316).
E.YKS 15 Waxwing. Cottingham, 11.15am at Greenwood Ave/37th Ave jctn TA065328.
NORF ad Black Brant. Cley NWT, am in Eye Field + 2 PbBrent TG049451.
LANCS 1w Iceland Gull Whinney Hill Tip + 1w Glaucous Gull. View from quarry entrance f/pth.
LANCS 2 L.Gull Heysham N.Hbr +2 RTDiver, 90+Kittiwake.
HANTS Blk Kite 1ml SE of Cheesefoot Head 11.55 +Red Kite viewed from Lane End Down SU550262.
HANTS Blk Redstart 1km W.of Hambledon at Hoe Cross Fm.
LINCS 1w Rose-col Starling. RAF Cranwell - 3ml NW of Sleaford, 12.05pm nr 10 Flowerdown Ave.
BUCKS ad Iceland Gull. Hedgerley Tip, 12.05pm from bridge over M40.
CHESH 2 Waxwing Stockton Heath on Acker's Ln SJ622865.
CORN Waxwing. Penpol - 3.5ml S.of Truro, 1ml E.of Devoran, by bridge 11am only.
M/SIDE Fulmar over W.Kirby am.
CENTRAL 58+Taiga Bean Geese 1/2ml NNW of Slamannan, by R.Avon at Wester Jaw viewed from playarea W.of primary school.
NORF 3ad Med Gull Overstrand Beach + L.Gull on sea.
S/CLYDE 3w Iceland Gull Carbarns Pond - 2.5ml SE of Motherwell, late am on N.side of R.Clyde.
CHESH redhead Smew Langley Mill Pond SJ945716 off Holehouse Ln.
CUMB 4 Waxwing Kendal 12.30pm on A6 Shap Rd in Fermanite c/pk.
ESX 7 Waxwing Birchanger Green M11 Services, 1pm.
G.MCR 26 Mandarin Marple on canal by Aqueduct Business Pk.
SURR Firecrest Hindhead, in priv.gdn.
DORS Velvet Scoter Poole Hbr N.of Brownsea Island with 10+Eider. LtDuck W.of island + 300+Avocet on Brownsea Lagoon.
GLAM 2w Glaucous Gull. Lamby Way Tip, am opp Lamby Way Lake.
M/SIDE 2 Waxwing Bootle pm W.end Bedford Rd in Brasenose Ind.Est.
W.MIDS Waxwing Netherton, S.of Dudley, 1.10pm opp Kwik Save off B4173 Cradley Rd SO946871.
S.YKS 1w Mediterranean Gull. Old Moor NR, noon at Manvers Lake.
SUFF 11 Waxwing. Copdock - 3ml SW of Ipswich, 1.50pm in Tesco c/pk.
NOTTS Great Grey Shrike. Forest Town - 2.5ml ENE of Mansfield, 1.45pm off Lime Grove on Newlands Rd nr troughs SK576622.
CORN drk American Wigeon. Hayle est, pm off B3301 cswy by Midway Garage.
E.YKS drk Ring-necked Duck Hull on East Park Lake.
H/LAND 7 Waxwing. 1.5ml ESE of Inverness, off A9 at Beechwood Park.
CAMBS 1w Caspian Gull. Godmanchester, 12-1.30pm on flood meadow 1/2ml W.of Tip then flew onto Tip.
BEDS GtGShrike 2ml S.of Woburn 2.20pm by rd to Potsgrove 450m SW of A4012 by Old Fm.
ESX ad Waxwing. Harold Hill, from 2pm on rowans at Wednesbury Green off St Neots Road.
DEV drk Green-winged Teal. Isley Marsh RSPB, + 5 Spoonbill, Spot Redshank.
NRF j.f.Pallid Harrier Warham Greens 2.15 +landed twds E.Hills.
NRF drk GwTeal Buckenham RSPB 12.10pm from hide by windpump +M.Harrier, Peregrine.
BEDS fem Firecrest The Lodge, Sandy, 1.50pm in Yews Eof Yew Tree c/pk.
SHETL 6 Glaucous Gull. Unst, at Burrafirth.
NOTTS 14 Waxwing 4ml N.of Nottingham 3.25pm at Rise Park Primary School.
NORF 6 Crane Heigham Holmes N.of Martham.
NORF Purple Sand Sea Palling on offshore reefs.
SURR BTDiver Staines Resr on N.basin.
AYRS 3 Waxwing btw Ayr + Prestwick pm off B743 Heathfield Rd in back gdn of 13 Hunter's Ave NS350240.
CAMBS 2 1w Caspian Gull. Godmanchester Tip, NO DETAILS.
BUCKS 1w Caspian Gull. Hedgerley Tip - 1.5ml W.of Gerrards Cross, 2pm + 1w YlGull.
KENT ringtail Hen Harrier Worth Marsh + L.Egret, Merlin, 5 Stonechat. 6 L.Gull past Sandwich Bay Est.+ 400 RTDiver, 600 Gannet, 8000 auks.