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3rd Sep ABERDEENSHIRE : ad PECTORAL SANDPIPER : Loch of Strathbeg : pm from Starnafin Fm Vis.Cntr.
3rd Sep ABERDEENSHIRE : SPOONBILL : Loch of Strathbeg : from Fen Hide + 5 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, Marsh Harrier.
3rd Sep ABERDEENSHIRE : fem RED-FOOTED FALCON : N.of Ythan Estuary : pm on fenceposts 1/2ml W.of Collieston x-rds
right of track to Milton of Brogan Farm NK012296.
3rd Sep BEDFORD : 2 HOBBY : Biddenham Fields : + Corn Bunting, Swift.
3rd Sep BEDFORD : HOBBY : nr Thorn, Dunstable : + 2 Buzzard, Swift. Barn Owl S.of Leighton Buzzard just after midnight!
3rd Sep BEDFORD : 2 HOBBY : The Lodge, Sandy : pm + 3 Sparrowhawk.
3rd Sep BERKSHIRE : BUZZARD : Dinton Pastures : 9.50am circled + headed SW + Kingfisher. Buzzard over Woodley
Precinct.
3rd Sep BERKSHIRE : 4 HOBBY : Ockwells Park, Cox Green : 12.30pm + Green Woodpecker.
3rd Sep CAMBRIDGESHIRE : CURLEW SANDPIPER : Holt Fen : am + ad L.Gull.
3rd Sep CAMBRIDGESHIRE : TURTLE DOVE : Sepentine BPs : + 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff.
3rd Sep CAMBRIDGESHIRE : SWIFT : Werrington Peterborough : over am.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : 2 SPOTTED REDSHANK : Inner Marsh Farm : + 11 Greenshank, 17 Ruff. Y/DAY Bittern.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : WOOD SANDPIPER : Inner Marsh Farm : pm.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : GREENSHANK : Mobberley : 4pm at Sand Quarry + Green Sand.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : f/imm MARSH HARRIER : Norton Marsh : pm upstream of marsh.
3rd Sep CLWYD : juv SPOTTED REDSHANK : Conwy RSPB : + 2 Greenshank, Common Sand, 14 Blk-t Godwit, Kingfisher.
3rd Sep CLWYD : 2000+ COMMON SCOTER : Kinmel Bay : offshore at noon.
3rd Sep CLWYD : GREEN SANDPIPER : R.Clwyd : 11.30am on W.side btw Rhyl + pumping stn + 4 Chiffchaff.
3rd Sep CO.WEXFORD : ad WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER : Tacumshin : pm at E.end with Dunlin.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : WRYNECK : Lands End : in flds N.of A30 opp Swingates House entrance.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : ORTOLAN BUNTING : Nanjizal Valley : but mobile + Wryneck.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : 3 ORTOLAN BUNTING : Porthcurno : in large sycamore above Telegraph Museum til 11.05am then flew
twds Treen.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : BLACK KITE : Treen : 9.30am in off sea, circled + flew W.twds Porthgwarra.
3rd Sep DEVON : imm GLOSSY IBIS : Bowling Green Marsh (SX973876) :
3rd Sep DORSET : ad SPOONBILL : Brownsea Island : am on lagoon + 2 Curlew Sand, 3 Spot Redshank, 170+Avocet.
3rd Sep DORSET : HOBBY : Portland : over + on island 10 Pied Fly, 30 Whinchat. Grasshopper Wblr ringed at obs + 4
Redstart.
3rd Sep DORSET : ICTERINE WARBLER : Portland : in obs gdn. 5 Ortolan Buntings together in Southwell gdns then flew twds
Top Fields. Ortolan Barleycrates Lane, Weston nr cliff edge.
3rd Sep DORSET : 3 ORTOLAN BUNTING : Portland : mid am N.of Southwell at Cheyne Weares lookout then flew twds
Weston.
3rd Sep DORSET : YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING : Portland : in grass flds S.of Southwell, mainly in blackthorn hedge
running from Top Fields track twds Bill road.
3rd Sep EAST YORKSHIRE : 9 CURLEW SANDPIPER : Blacktoft Sands RSPB : am + L.Stint, 12 Spot Redshank, 10
Greenshank, 80 Ruff, 30 Blk-t Godwit, Redsatrt, Merlin, Bearded Tit, Water Rail.
3rd Sep EAST YORKSHIRE : juv ROSE-COL STARLING : Spurn : 12.53pm with Starlings at The Warren, 2 Buzzard thru +
Marsh Harrier.
3rd Sep EAST YORKSHIRE : 2 TREE PIPIT : Spurn Pt : + 3 Redstart, 2 Brent Geese, 100-200 Swallow per minute through.
3rd Sep ESSEX : juv RED-NECKED PHALAROPE : Abberton Resr : 11am at N.end Wigborough Bay (PERMIT).
3rd Sep ESSEX : juv RED-NECKED PHALAROPE : Paglesham Lagoon : 3ml NE of Southend on N.section TQ924915. From
Plough + Sail Pub twds seawall then walk W.for 1.5ml.
3rd Sep GLAMORGAN : 250+ BALEARIC SHEARWATER : Gower : am past Port Eynon Point + 3 Sooty Shearwater, 3
A.Skua, 50+Manxies.
3rd Sep GTR. MANCHESTER : GREEN SANDPIPER : Pearson's Flash :
3rd Sep HIGHLAND : 11 BLACK-THROATED DIVER : S.of Lonbain MOD : offshore.
3rd Sep ISLES OF SCILLY : ORTOLAN BUNTING : St Mary's : 7.30am over Buzza Hill twds Porthcressa.
3rd Sep ISLES OF SCILLY : WRYNECK : Tresco : 3pm at Gimble Porth + j Med Gull Abbey Pool am. Wood Wblr Dial Rocks.
Ruff Great Pool + 5 Black-t Godwit. 14 Golden Plover Castle Bay.
3rd Sep KENT : HOBBY : Boughton Park : am + Turtle Dove, Tree Pipit, Whinchat. 3 Turtle Dove at East Sutton.
3rd Sep LANCASHIRE : 2 CRANE : Bowerham, SE Lancaster : RPTD high W.@ 11.15am twds Aldcliffe Marsh.
3rd Sep LANCASHIRE : juv CURLEW SANDPIPER : Shard Bridge : in Skippool Creek area + 3 Knot, 8 Greenshank.
3rd Sep LANCASHIRE : 2 WHIMBREL : Teal Bay : 3.35pm.
3rd Sep LEICESTERSHIRE : GREAT WHITE EGRET : Rutland Water : 10.38am on Egleton NR from main centre.
3rd Sep LINCOLNSHIRE : COMMON SANDPIPER : Toft Newton Resr : + 8 Grey Wag, Kingfisher. j Marsh harrier over drain
next to Burton Pit.
3rd Sep LONDON : juv PECTORAL SANDPIPER : Hornchurch CP : am on W.side of back pool but no sign pm.
3rd Sep LONDON : REDSTART : Hornchurch CP : pm + 2 Pied Fly, 3 Spot Fly.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : REDSTART : Blakeney Point : + Whinchat, Wheatear, Merlin, Sedge Wblr.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : 5+ YELLOW-LEGGED GULL : btw Saddle Bow + Kings Lynn : in roadside flds.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : juv RED-BACKED SHRIKE : Burnham Deepdale : pm in dunes at Gun Hill.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WOOD WARBLER : Gt Yarmouth cemy : in N.section + Spot Fly, Redstart. 2 Pied Fly in churchyard.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : 4 WHIMBREL : Holme : W.@ 7.45am + Redstart. No sign Greenish Wblr. No sign Booted Wblr
W.Runton.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : 2 REDSTART : Holme NWT :
3rd Sep NORFOLK : HONEY BUZZARD : Horsey : S.@ 10.50am.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : ringtail HARRIER SP : Langham : mid am over airfield + 2 Hobby.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : OSPREY : Rockland Broad : 7.40am.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : juv RED-BACKED SHRIKE : S.of Waxham Sands Holiday Camp : am by 1st fld + Redstart.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WHINCHAT : West Runton : pm but still no sign Booted Wblr.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WRYNECK : Wiveton Down : 10.20am, thru gate opp downs picnic site + walk straight for 200m + bird
30m from mound twds beet field.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WRYNECK : Wiveton Downs : 1pm by path 40m from W.end.
3rd Sep NOTTINGHAMSHIRE : HONEY BUZZARD : Carlton : S.@ 1.41pm twds Netherfield + Colwick.
3rd Sep NOTTINGHAMSHIRE : POSS HONEY BUZZARD : Harworth : RPTD SW @ 2.50pm.
3rd Sep OXFORDSHIRE : 7 WHINCHAT : Oxon Downs, nr Churn : + 4 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat, Spot Fly, Corn Bunting, 5
Red Kite, 2 Buzzard.
3rd Sep SOMERSET : RUDDY SHELDUCK : Chew Valley Lake : pm in Stratford Bay area + 3 BnGrebe.
3rd Sep STAFFORDSHIRE : LITTLE EGRET : Chasewater : am + Ruf, 4 R.Plover, Dunlin.
3rd Sep SUFFOLK : 4 SPOONBILL : Benacre Broad : 10.45am + 2 Knot, 7 Sanderling.
2nd Sep SUFFOLK : GREENSHANK : Cornard Mere : Seen 02 Sep evng + Spot Fly, Lsr Whitethroat, Garden Wblr, Willow
Wblr, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat.
3rd Sep SUFFOLK : juv DOTTEREL : Kessingland : RPTD am btw c/van pk + sluice.
3rd Sep SUFFOLK : ORTOLAN BUNTING : Landguard : in obs ringing compound but disappeared.
3rd Sep WESTERN ISLES : 2 BALEARIC SHEARWATER : S.Uist : S.past Ardvule Pt by 8.30am + 7 Sooty Shearwater.
3rd Sep WILDLIFE : 13 HARBOUR PORPOISE : GLAM : am off Port Eynon Pt, Gower.
3rd Sep WILDLIFE : RED-VEINED DARTER : GTR MCR : at Pearsons Flash, Wigan.
3rd Sep WORCESTERSHIRE : 2 HOBBY : Kinsham Pits : + 3 Whinchat. Nrby m Whinchat Lower Moor + Turtle Dove.
R.Plover at Bredons Hardwick + Swift.
3rd Sep WORCESTERSHIRE : juv BLACK TERN : Westwood Pool : + Pintail (PERMIT).
3rd Sep ABERDEENSHIRE : ad PECTORAL SANDPIPER : Loch of Strathbeg : pm from Starnafin Fm Vis.Cntr.
3rd Sep ABERDEENSHIRE : SPOONBILL : Loch of Strathbeg : from Fen Hide + 5 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, Marsh Harrier.
3rd Sep ABERDEENSHIRE : fem RED-FOOTED FALCON : N.of Ythan Estuary : pm on fenceposts 1/2ml W.of Collieston x-rds
right of track to Milton of Brogan Farm NK012296.
3rd Sep BEDFORD : 2 HOBBY : Biddenham Fields : + Corn Bunting, Swift.
3rd Sep BEDFORD : HOBBY : nr Thorn, Dunstable : + 2 Buzzard, Swift. Barn Owl S.of Leighton Buzzard just after midnight!
3rd Sep BEDFORD : 2 HOBBY : The Lodge, Sandy : pm + 3 Sparrowhawk.
3rd Sep BERKSHIRE : BUZZARD : Dinton Pastures : 9.50am circled + headed SW + Kingfisher. Buzzard over Woodley
Precinct.
3rd Sep BERKSHIRE : 4 HOBBY : Ockwells Park, Cox Green : 12.30pm + Green Woodpecker.
3rd Sep CAMBRIDGESHIRE : CURLEW SANDPIPER : Holt Fen : am + ad L.Gull.
3rd Sep CAMBRIDGESHIRE : TURTLE DOVE : Sepentine BPs : + 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff.
3rd Sep CAMBRIDGESHIRE : SWIFT : Werrington Peterborough : over am.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : 2 SPOTTED REDSHANK : Inner Marsh Farm : + 11 Greenshank, 17 Ruff. Y/DAY Bittern.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : WOOD SANDPIPER : Inner Marsh Farm : pm.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : GREENSHANK : Mobberley : 4pm at Sand Quarry + Green Sand.
3rd Sep CHESHIRE : f/imm MARSH HARRIER : Norton Marsh : pm upstream of marsh.
3rd Sep CLWYD : juv SPOTTED REDSHANK : Conwy RSPB : + 2 Greenshank, Common Sand, 14 Blk-t Godwit, Kingfisher.
3rd Sep CLWYD : 2000+ COMMON SCOTER : Kinmel Bay : offshore at noon.
3rd Sep CLWYD : GREEN SANDPIPER : R.Clwyd : 11.30am on W.side btw Rhyl + pumping stn + 4 Chiffchaff.
3rd Sep CO.WEXFORD : ad WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER : Tacumshin : pm at E.end with Dunlin.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : WRYNECK : Lands End : in flds N.of A30 opp Swingates House entrance.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : ORTOLAN BUNTING : Nanjizal Valley : but mobile + Wryneck.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : 3 ORTOLAN BUNTING : Porthcurno : in large sycamore above Telegraph Museum til 11.05am then flew
twds Treen.
3rd Sep CORNWALL : BLACK KITE : Treen : 9.30am in off sea, circled + flew W.twds Porthgwarra.
3rd Sep DEVON : imm GLOSSY IBIS : Bowling Green Marsh (SX973876) :
3rd Sep DORSET : ad SPOONBILL : Brownsea Island : am on lagoon + 2 Curlew Sand, 3 Spot Redshank, 170+Avocet.
3rd Sep DORSET : HOBBY : Portland : over + on island 10 Pied Fly, 30 Whinchat. Grasshopper Wblr ringed at obs + 4
Redstart.
3rd Sep DORSET : ICTERINE WARBLER : Portland : in obs gdn. 5 Ortolan Buntings together in Southwell gdns then flew twds
Top Fields. Ortolan Barleycrates Lane, Weston nr cliff edge.
3rd Sep DORSET : 3 ORTOLAN BUNTING : Portland : mid am N.of Southwell at Cheyne Weares lookout then flew twds
Weston.
3rd Sep DORSET : YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING : Portland : in grass flds S.of Southwell, mainly in blackthorn hedge
running from Top Fields track twds Bill road.
3rd Sep EAST YORKSHIRE : 9 CURLEW SANDPIPER : Blacktoft Sands RSPB : am + L.Stint, 12 Spot Redshank, 10
Greenshank, 80 Ruff, 30 Blk-t Godwit, Redsatrt, Merlin, Bearded Tit, Water Rail.
3rd Sep EAST YORKSHIRE : juv ROSE-COL STARLING : Spurn : 12.53pm with Starlings at The Warren, 2 Buzzard thru +
Marsh Harrier.
3rd Sep EAST YORKSHIRE : 2 TREE PIPIT : Spurn Pt : + 3 Redstart, 2 Brent Geese, 100-200 Swallow per minute through.
3rd Sep ESSEX : juv RED-NECKED PHALAROPE : Abberton Resr : 11am at N.end Wigborough Bay (PERMIT).
3rd Sep ESSEX : juv RED-NECKED PHALAROPE : Paglesham Lagoon : 3ml NE of Southend on N.section TQ924915. From
Plough + Sail Pub twds seawall then walk W.for 1.5ml.
3rd Sep GLAMORGAN : 250+ BALEARIC SHEARWATER : Gower : am past Port Eynon Point + 3 Sooty Shearwater, 3
A.Skua, 50+Manxies.
3rd Sep GTR. MANCHESTER : GREEN SANDPIPER : Pearson's Flash :
3rd Sep HIGHLAND : 11 BLACK-THROATED DIVER : S.of Lonbain MOD : offshore.
3rd Sep ISLES OF SCILLY : ORTOLAN BUNTING : St Mary's : 7.30am over Buzza Hill twds Porthcressa.
3rd Sep ISLES OF SCILLY : WRYNECK : Tresco : 3pm at Gimble Porth + j Med Gull Abbey Pool am. Wood Wblr Dial Rocks.
Ruff Great Pool + 5 Black-t Godwit. 14 Golden Plover Castle Bay.
3rd Sep KENT : HOBBY : Boughton Park : am + Turtle Dove, Tree Pipit, Whinchat. 3 Turtle Dove at East Sutton.
3rd Sep LANCASHIRE : 2 CRANE : Bowerham, SE Lancaster : RPTD high W.@ 11.15am twds Aldcliffe Marsh.
3rd Sep LANCASHIRE : juv CURLEW SANDPIPER : Shard Bridge : in Skippool Creek area + 3 Knot, 8 Greenshank.
3rd Sep LANCASHIRE : 2 WHIMBREL : Teal Bay : 3.35pm.
3rd Sep LEICESTERSHIRE : GREAT WHITE EGRET : Rutland Water : 10.38am on Egleton NR from main centre.
3rd Sep LINCOLNSHIRE : COMMON SANDPIPER : Toft Newton Resr : + 8 Grey Wag, Kingfisher. j Marsh harrier over drain
next to Burton Pit.
3rd Sep LONDON : juv PECTORAL SANDPIPER : Hornchurch CP : am on W.side of back pool but no sign pm.
3rd Sep LONDON : REDSTART : Hornchurch CP : pm + 2 Pied Fly, 3 Spot Fly.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : REDSTART : Blakeney Point : + Whinchat, Wheatear, Merlin, Sedge Wblr.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : 5+ YELLOW-LEGGED GULL : btw Saddle Bow + Kings Lynn : in roadside flds.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : juv RED-BACKED SHRIKE : Burnham Deepdale : pm in dunes at Gun Hill.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WOOD WARBLER : Gt Yarmouth cemy : in N.section + Spot Fly, Redstart. 2 Pied Fly in churchyard.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : 4 WHIMBREL : Holme : W.@ 7.45am + Redstart. No sign Greenish Wblr. No sign Booted Wblr
W.Runton.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : 2 REDSTART : Holme NWT :
3rd Sep NORFOLK : HONEY BUZZARD : Horsey : S.@ 10.50am.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : ringtail HARRIER SP : Langham : mid am over airfield + 2 Hobby.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : OSPREY : Rockland Broad : 7.40am.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : juv RED-BACKED SHRIKE : S.of Waxham Sands Holiday Camp : am by 1st fld + Redstart.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WHINCHAT : West Runton : pm but still no sign Booted Wblr.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WRYNECK : Wiveton Down : 10.20am, thru gate opp downs picnic site + walk straight for 200m + bird
30m from mound twds beet field.
3rd Sep NORFOLK : WRYNECK : Wiveton Downs : 1pm by path 40m from W.end.
3rd Sep NOTTINGHAMSHIRE : HONEY BUZZARD : Carlton : S.@ 1.41pm twds Netherfield + Colwick.
3rd Sep NOTTINGHAMSHIRE : POSS HONEY BUZZARD : Harworth : RPTD SW @ 2.50pm.
3rd Sep OXFORDSHIRE : 7 WHINCHAT : Oxon Downs, nr Churn : + 4 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat, Spot Fly, Corn Bunting, 5
Red Kite, 2 Buzzard.
3rd Sep SOMERSET : RUDDY SHELDUCK : Chew Valley Lake : pm in Stratford Bay area + 3 BnGrebe.
3rd Sep STAFFORDSHIRE : LITTLE EGRET : Chasewater : am + Ruf, 4 R.Plover, Dunlin.
3rd Sep SUFFOLK : 4 SPOONBILL : Benacre Broad : 10.45am + 2 Knot, 7 Sanderling.
2nd Sep SUFFOLK : GREENSHANK : Cornard Mere : Seen 02 Sep evng + Spot Fly, Lsr Whitethroat, Garden Wblr, Willow
Wblr, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat.
3rd Sep SUFFOLK : juv DOTTEREL : Kessingland : RPTD am btw c/van pk + sluice.
3rd Sep SUFFOLK : ORTOLAN BUNTING : Landguard : in obs ringing compound but disappeared.
3rd Sep WESTERN ISLES : 2 BALEARIC SHEARWATER : S.Uist : S.past Ardvule Pt by 8.30am + 7 Sooty Shearwater.
3rd Sep WILDLIFE : 13 HARBOUR PORPOISE : GLAM : am off Port Eynon Pt, Gower.
3rd Sep WILDLIFE : RED-VEINED DARTER : GTR MCR : at Pearsons Flash, Wigan.
3rd Sep WORCESTERSHIRE : 2 HOBBY : Kinsham Pits : + 3 Whinchat. Nrby m Whinchat Lower Moor + Turtle Dove.
R.Plover at Bredons Hardwick + Swift.
3rd Sep WORCESTERSHIRE : juv BLACK TERN : Westwood Pool : + Pintail (PERMIT).