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Days' definitive list updated by Ralph @ 0758 (6/12)
STAR BIRD: ORKNEY Y/DAY j RUFOUS TURTLE DOVE STROMNESS. FROM HBR, NON MAIN RD FOR 10min, L.opp SWIMMING POOL TO HILLSIDE RD (HERE SINCE 20 NOV +COLLARED DOVES)
UPDATE: Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, mid am still, on Hillside Rd.
ABERDEENSHIRE fem Ring-n Duck Loirston Loch (NJ938010) S.side of Aberdeen by A956 pm with 12 Tufted Ducks. Fem LtDuck on Marywell Pond.
BEDFORDSHIRE 12+Brambling Barton Hill Farm (TL094285) am. 8 Whooper Swan Wardown Pk.
BEDFORDSHIRE 6 Crossbill Stockgrove CP 11am from c/pk + 3 Bullfinch.
BEDFORDSHIRE Whooper Swans Wardown Park the flock here is feral but fully winged + mobile!
BEDFORDSHIRE f Ferruginous Duck Elstow claypits 1.25pm by A6.
BEDFORDSHIRE Green Sand Willington GPs + Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Redshank, Green Woodpecker.
BEDFORDSHIRE drk Pintail Roxton Pit + 23 Siskin.
BERKSHIRE Buzzard. Burnthouse Lane GPs, 9am + redhead Goldeneye, 3 Snipe on spit.
BERKSHIRE 2 ad Yellow-legged Gull. Smallmead Pit, 1.45pm.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Great Grey Shrike. btw Duxford + Whittlesford, RPTD along R.Cam (NO DETAILS).
CLWYD fem Black Redstart. Towyn, at E.end of Knightly's Fun Fair by seawall.
CORNWALL 1w Ring-billed Gull. Hayle est, 4pm off B3301 csway + 2ad Med Gull, 2 S.Tern, 7 L.Egret, 2 Blk-t Godwit.
CORNWALL Richard's Pipit. btw Lands End + Sennen, pm in flds E.side of cycle track by Trinity Cottages.
CORNWALL white Gyrfalcon Lands End RPTD 8.10am NO DETAILS.
CORNWALL white Gyrfalcon. Polgigga, 4.30pm flew twds Skewjack Farm.
CORNWALL 1w Forster's Tern. Hayle est, 9.30am around Carnsew Basin then flew twds Copperhouse Creek.
CUMBRIA 200+ Brambling. Tarn Hows, + 6 Goosander.
CUMBRIA Short-eared Owl. S.Walney NR, + 17 Twite, 8 Greenshank, 5 Stonechat.
DEVON Glossy Ibis Bowling Green Marsh, 8am from hide + 4 Spoonbill.
DEVON Gt Grey Shrike Hartford Forest, 10ml SW of Bideford, 12.35pm briefly in True Plantation.
DORSET Slav Grebe Abbotsbury on The Fleet + BnGrebe.
DORSET 4 Whooper Swan Cowards Msh Floods am+5 Bewick's.
DORSET Snow Bunt over Hengistbury Hd twds Stanpit am. GNDiver in hbr, f V.Scoter, 25 C.Scoter.
EAST YORKSHIRE fem Ring-necked Duck. N.Cave GPs, 9.05am asleep on shinge island in NE cnr of Pit.5 (SE886328).
FIFE 3(2drk) Surf Scoter. Largo Bay - btw Ruddons Pt + Lower Largo, + GNDiver, 10 RTDiver, 2 RnGrebe, 14 Slav Grebe, Peregrine, 2 Purple Sand.
GLAMORGAN 1w Ivory Gull. Mumbles Head Swansea, 8.52am btw Mumbles Pier + bay. Prob imm Surf Scoter offshore but distant.
GLAMORGAN drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815), 3.50pm.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Little Bunting. Forest of Dean, 11.50am nr Tidenham Chase (ST557993). From c/pk off B4228 go W.to white trig pt to view heather, v.elusive.
GREATER MANCHESTER 20+ Siskin. Yeoman Hey Plntn.
GREATER MANCHESTER Bittern. Wigan Flashes, no details. 6 Willow Tits at Hawkley Hall School Feeders.
HIGHLAND Great Grey Shrike. 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge, 11am off B970 nr Tomachrochar Farm entrance (NH983207).
ISLE OF MAN 2 Slavonian Grebe. Derbyhaven Bay, 12.30pm off Fort island c/pk.
KENT GNDiver past Foreness Point 1-3pm +3 BTDiver, 12 RTDiver, 66 Guillemot, 7 Razorbill, C.Scoter, 10 Eider, 2 Purple Sand roosting + 3 Stonechat.
KENT 1w Caspian Gull Dungeness RSPB on Burrowes Pit, 11am + Bittern from Christmas Dell Hide + L.Egret, RTDiver, 2 LtDuck, 15 Smew, 3 Msh Harrier.
KENT Great Northern Diver. Whitstable Bay, offshore 10.46am.
KENT 4 Red-crested Pochard. New Hythe GPs, pit NE of m/way pit + Water Rail, 200 Redwing, Cetti's Wblr, Chiffchaff, 21 Shoveler, 24 Gadwall.
KENT 2 PfGeese St.Margaret's on NW side in flds from Station Rd looking twds radar tower.
KENT GNDiver Swalecliffe + 2 V.Scoter, 2 Eider.
KENT 350 Kittiwake. Whitstable Bay, W.in 3hrs + 60 Com Scoter offshore.
KENT Firecrest. Dungeness - in trapping area, + 8 Whooper Swan Denge Marsh.
KENT 15 poss Taiga Bean Goose. Scotney GPs, in flds. RTDiver here.
LANCASHIRE Peregrine. Springmill Resr, flushed from woodpigeon kill.
LANCASHIRE 45+Brambling Fern Isle Wood 300m NW of Spring Mill Resr+2 Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat, L.Owl.
LANCASHIRE L.Auk Starr Gate S.@ 12.40, f.V.Scoter S.@ 12.25.
MERSEYSIDE Crossbill. West Kirby, over Marine Lake.
NORFOLK ad Black-winged Stilt. Titchwell RSPB, + 4 L.Egret, 20 Ruff, Merlin, ringtail Hen Harrier.
NORFOLK juv Lesser Yellowlegs. Cantley beet factory - on SE lagoon, + SEOwl, Merlin, Peregrine, 5 Water Pipit, 4 Gren Sand, 2 Rock Pipit, Grey Wag.
NORFOLK 11 G.Skua past Sheringham by 10.15am +A.Skua, 2 V.Scoter, 11 C.Scoter, 70 RTDiver, 3 L.Gull, 4RbMerg, 10Eider, 5 Fulmar, 10 Gannet, 70 Kittiwake.
NORFOLK 2 Black Brant Titchwell RSPB pm.
NORFOLK Shorelark Blakeney Point + 85 Snow Bunting, 2 Merlin, 7 dead RTDiver.
NORFOLK Grey Phalarope. Kelling Water Meadow, noon but often elusive + drk Goldeneye, Barn Owl.
NORFOLK 2 Tundra Bean Geese 1.25ml S.of Fring am in fld W.of Peddars Way +9k PfGeese, PbBrent, SEOwl. 60 wild swans Stalham 2ml E.of Tesco S.of A149
NORFOLK L.Gull Northrepps in ploughed fld by airstrip.
NORFOLK sev.Shorelark Holkham Bay +5 V.Scoter, 50 C.Scoter, RTDiver.
NORFOLK 2 Merlin. Breydon Water, by 2nd hide + oiled RTDiver. Firecrest Gt.Yarmouth cemy N.Section. 21 Med Gull on front btw piers.
NORFOLK Merlin Titchwell RSPB by beach +RTDiver, dying C.Scoter on freshmarsh.
NORTHUMBERLAND 120+Crossbill Bakethin Resr, Kielder Water, + m Goshawk, Buzzard, 16 Goldeneye.
NORTH YORKSHIRE RTDiver Scarborough Hbr 2.30pm.
SUFFOLK Red-throated Diver. Weybread GPs, on Ocean Pit.
SUFFOLK Med Gull Landguard on beach am + 4 Snow Bunting.
SUFFOLK Barn Owl. Minsmere RSPB, + 4 Marsh Harrier, sev.Water Pipit.
SURREY Red-breasted Merganser. Staines Resr - N.Basin, + 43 Goldeneye.
SURREY 4 Short-eared Owl. Staines Moor, 1.38pm.
WEST YORKSHIRE Whooper Swan. Blackmoorfoot Resr, late a/noon + 6+Goosander.
Days' definitive list updated by Ralph @ 0758 (6/12)
STAR BIRD: ORKNEY Y/DAY j RUFOUS TURTLE DOVE STROMNESS. FROM HBR, NON MAIN RD FOR 10min, L.opp SWIMMING POOL TO HILLSIDE RD (HERE SINCE 20 NOV +COLLARED DOVES)
UPDATE: Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, mid am still, on Hillside Rd.
ABERDEENSHIRE fem Ring-n Duck Loirston Loch (NJ938010) S.side of Aberdeen by A956 pm with 12 Tufted Ducks. Fem LtDuck on Marywell Pond.
BEDFORDSHIRE 12+Brambling Barton Hill Farm (TL094285) am. 8 Whooper Swan Wardown Pk.
BEDFORDSHIRE 6 Crossbill Stockgrove CP 11am from c/pk + 3 Bullfinch.
BEDFORDSHIRE Whooper Swans Wardown Park the flock here is feral but fully winged + mobile!
BEDFORDSHIRE f Ferruginous Duck Elstow claypits 1.25pm by A6.
BEDFORDSHIRE Green Sand Willington GPs + Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Redshank, Green Woodpecker.
BEDFORDSHIRE drk Pintail Roxton Pit + 23 Siskin.
BERKSHIRE Buzzard. Burnthouse Lane GPs, 9am + redhead Goldeneye, 3 Snipe on spit.
BERKSHIRE 2 ad Yellow-legged Gull. Smallmead Pit, 1.45pm.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Great Grey Shrike. btw Duxford + Whittlesford, RPTD along R.Cam (NO DETAILS).
CLWYD fem Black Redstart. Towyn, at E.end of Knightly's Fun Fair by seawall.
CORNWALL 1w Ring-billed Gull. Hayle est, 4pm off B3301 csway + 2ad Med Gull, 2 S.Tern, 7 L.Egret, 2 Blk-t Godwit.
CORNWALL Richard's Pipit. btw Lands End + Sennen, pm in flds E.side of cycle track by Trinity Cottages.
CORNWALL white Gyrfalcon Lands End RPTD 8.10am NO DETAILS.
CORNWALL white Gyrfalcon. Polgigga, 4.30pm flew twds Skewjack Farm.
CORNWALL 1w Forster's Tern. Hayle est, 9.30am around Carnsew Basin then flew twds Copperhouse Creek.
CUMBRIA 200+ Brambling. Tarn Hows, + 6 Goosander.
CUMBRIA Short-eared Owl. S.Walney NR, + 17 Twite, 8 Greenshank, 5 Stonechat.
DEVON Glossy Ibis Bowling Green Marsh, 8am from hide + 4 Spoonbill.
DEVON Gt Grey Shrike Hartford Forest, 10ml SW of Bideford, 12.35pm briefly in True Plantation.
DORSET Slav Grebe Abbotsbury on The Fleet + BnGrebe.
DORSET 4 Whooper Swan Cowards Msh Floods am+5 Bewick's.
DORSET Snow Bunt over Hengistbury Hd twds Stanpit am. GNDiver in hbr, f V.Scoter, 25 C.Scoter.
EAST YORKSHIRE fem Ring-necked Duck. N.Cave GPs, 9.05am asleep on shinge island in NE cnr of Pit.5 (SE886328).
FIFE 3(2drk) Surf Scoter. Largo Bay - btw Ruddons Pt + Lower Largo, + GNDiver, 10 RTDiver, 2 RnGrebe, 14 Slav Grebe, Peregrine, 2 Purple Sand.
GLAMORGAN 1w Ivory Gull. Mumbles Head Swansea, 8.52am btw Mumbles Pier + bay. Prob imm Surf Scoter offshore but distant.
GLAMORGAN drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815), 3.50pm.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Little Bunting. Forest of Dean, 11.50am nr Tidenham Chase (ST557993). From c/pk off B4228 go W.to white trig pt to view heather, v.elusive.
GREATER MANCHESTER 20+ Siskin. Yeoman Hey Plntn.
GREATER MANCHESTER Bittern. Wigan Flashes, no details. 6 Willow Tits at Hawkley Hall School Feeders.
HIGHLAND Great Grey Shrike. 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge, 11am off B970 nr Tomachrochar Farm entrance (NH983207).
ISLE OF MAN 2 Slavonian Grebe. Derbyhaven Bay, 12.30pm off Fort island c/pk.
KENT GNDiver past Foreness Point 1-3pm +3 BTDiver, 12 RTDiver, 66 Guillemot, 7 Razorbill, C.Scoter, 10 Eider, 2 Purple Sand roosting + 3 Stonechat.
KENT 1w Caspian Gull Dungeness RSPB on Burrowes Pit, 11am + Bittern from Christmas Dell Hide + L.Egret, RTDiver, 2 LtDuck, 15 Smew, 3 Msh Harrier.
KENT Great Northern Diver. Whitstable Bay, offshore 10.46am.
KENT 4 Red-crested Pochard. New Hythe GPs, pit NE of m/way pit + Water Rail, 200 Redwing, Cetti's Wblr, Chiffchaff, 21 Shoveler, 24 Gadwall.
KENT 2 PfGeese St.Margaret's on NW side in flds from Station Rd looking twds radar tower.
KENT GNDiver Swalecliffe + 2 V.Scoter, 2 Eider.
KENT 350 Kittiwake. Whitstable Bay, W.in 3hrs + 60 Com Scoter offshore.
KENT Firecrest. Dungeness - in trapping area, + 8 Whooper Swan Denge Marsh.
KENT 15 poss Taiga Bean Goose. Scotney GPs, in flds. RTDiver here.
LANCASHIRE Peregrine. Springmill Resr, flushed from woodpigeon kill.
LANCASHIRE 45+Brambling Fern Isle Wood 300m NW of Spring Mill Resr+2 Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat, L.Owl.
LANCASHIRE L.Auk Starr Gate S.@ 12.40, f.V.Scoter S.@ 12.25.
MERSEYSIDE Crossbill. West Kirby, over Marine Lake.
NORFOLK ad Black-winged Stilt. Titchwell RSPB, + 4 L.Egret, 20 Ruff, Merlin, ringtail Hen Harrier.
NORFOLK juv Lesser Yellowlegs. Cantley beet factory - on SE lagoon, + SEOwl, Merlin, Peregrine, 5 Water Pipit, 4 Gren Sand, 2 Rock Pipit, Grey Wag.
NORFOLK 11 G.Skua past Sheringham by 10.15am +A.Skua, 2 V.Scoter, 11 C.Scoter, 70 RTDiver, 3 L.Gull, 4RbMerg, 10Eider, 5 Fulmar, 10 Gannet, 70 Kittiwake.
NORFOLK 2 Black Brant Titchwell RSPB pm.
NORFOLK Shorelark Blakeney Point + 85 Snow Bunting, 2 Merlin, 7 dead RTDiver.
NORFOLK Grey Phalarope. Kelling Water Meadow, noon but often elusive + drk Goldeneye, Barn Owl.
NORFOLK 2 Tundra Bean Geese 1.25ml S.of Fring am in fld W.of Peddars Way +9k PfGeese, PbBrent, SEOwl. 60 wild swans Stalham 2ml E.of Tesco S.of A149
NORFOLK L.Gull Northrepps in ploughed fld by airstrip.
NORFOLK sev.Shorelark Holkham Bay +5 V.Scoter, 50 C.Scoter, RTDiver.
NORFOLK 2 Merlin. Breydon Water, by 2nd hide + oiled RTDiver. Firecrest Gt.Yarmouth cemy N.Section. 21 Med Gull on front btw piers.
NORFOLK Merlin Titchwell RSPB by beach +RTDiver, dying C.Scoter on freshmarsh.
NORTHUMBERLAND 120+Crossbill Bakethin Resr, Kielder Water, + m Goshawk, Buzzard, 16 Goldeneye.
NORTH YORKSHIRE RTDiver Scarborough Hbr 2.30pm.
SUFFOLK Red-throated Diver. Weybread GPs, on Ocean Pit.
SUFFOLK Med Gull Landguard on beach am + 4 Snow Bunting.
SUFFOLK Barn Owl. Minsmere RSPB, + 4 Marsh Harrier, sev.Water Pipit.
SURREY Red-breasted Merganser. Staines Resr - N.Basin, + 43 Goldeneye.
SURREY 4 Short-eared Owl. Staines Moor, 1.38pm.
WEST YORKSHIRE Whooper Swan. Blackmoorfoot Resr, late a/noon + 6+Goosander.
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