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Last update from Ralph @ 0818hrs (18/12)
ANGLESEY - drk LtDuck Cable Bay nr Rhosneigr, + 14 Goldeneye. 5 Scaup Rhosneigr Bay + 12 Goldeneye.
AYRSHIRE - 1w Iceland Gull. Troon Hbr, pm.
BERKSHIRE - redhead Smew. Twyford G.Pits - on Park Lane Pit, 8am.
BERKSHIRE - 2 drk Red-crested Pochard. Burnthouse Lane GPs, am + Dunlin on spit, 5 f/imm Goldeneye.
BERKSHIRE - Water Rail. Lavell's Lake, calling 8.20am + 3 Snipe.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 300+ Bewick's Swan. White Fen, but the POSSIBLE Whistling Swan is a Bewick's with a muddy beak!
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - Great Grey Shrike. W.side of Hinxton, on wires over fldw by river. Pk at level crossing btw Hinxton + Ickleton & go N.on pth E.of railway.
CHESHIRE - Bittern. Moore NR, 9am in E.Reedbed showing well.
CORNWALL - 1w Rose-col Starling. Goldsithney - 1ml E.of Marazion, in gdns N.of B3280 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).
CORNWALL - ad Ring-billed Gull. Marazion, 9.15am on beach at Red River mouth.
DEVON - Y/DAY - ad Little Egret. Cockwood, 11am on Cockwood Marshes twds Cofton.
DEVON - Glossy Ibis Bowling Green Marsh, in at 4.15pm + 4 Spoonbill.
DORSET - 5 Short-eared Owl. Portland Bill, + 2 RTDiver offshore + 26 C.Scoter.
EAST YORKSHIRE - 40+Twite Grimston in clifftop stubble + Snow Bunting. 5 SEOwl in Rimswell area.
EAST YORKSHIRE - Slav Grebe N.Cave GPs 1.10pm on Pit.5.
ESSEX - ad Ring-billed Gull. Westcliff-on-sea, 1.10pm by Casino + 4(2.1w,2.2w)Med Gull.
GLAMORGAN - Siberian Chiffchaff. Pen Clawdd Sewage Wks.
GLAMORGAN - drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815) , pm + Cetti's Wblr.
HAMPSHIRE - 6 Hawfinch. Blackwater Arboretum (SU268047) , pm.
ISLE OF MAN - 1w Crane. Kionlough, 2ml N.of Ramsey, 12.45pm in flds on seawardside of rd.
KENT - POSSIBLE Booted Eagle, Minster Marshes RPTD in area 11.45-12.45 then flew SSE twds Sandwich.
KENT - 120 Red-throated Diver. Dungeness, E.past am + 6 Eider, 2w Med Gull on beach.
KENT - ad Mediterranean Gull. Bough Beech Resr, in evng roost.
KENT - 2 Bittern. Stodmarsh NNR, + 11 L.Egret, 4 Msh Harrier, 2 Hen Harrier, 6+Cetti's Wblr, Chiffchaff.
KENT - Water Pipit. Grove Ferry, + 35 Pintail, Stonechat. WfGoose btw Grove Ferry + Seaton. 3(1drk)Smew Seaton GPs + 2 L.Egret.
KENT RnGrebe Scotney GPs + GNDiver, RTDiver.
KENT - Red Kite Pegwell Bay N.@ 11.45am.
KENT - Hen Harrier Worth Marsh + L.Egret.
KENT - Hen Harrier. Sandwich Bay, + Merlin, 2 Water Rail, Sandwich Tern, Rock Pipit, 22 Tree Sparrow.
KENT - 17 Mediterranean Gull. Copt Point - Folkestone, early a/noon.
KENT - 2 LtDuck Dungeness new diggings. 23 Smew on RSPB reserve.
KENT - 3(1drk) Red-crested Pochard. New Hythe GPs, on Leybourne Lakes complex + 4(2drk) Smew.
KENT - j RlBuzzard Harty Marshes 11am + Peregrine.
KENT - Purple Sand Leysdown 12.30pm with Turnstones on groynes.
KENT - 2 Tundra Bean Geese Denge Marsh Rd 1.50pm + 2 Bewicks + 8 Whooper Swan.
LANARKSHIRE - drk Green-winged Teal. Barons Haugh RSPB, pm on ice in front of Centenary Hide.
LANCASHIRE - Hawfinch Woodwell 12.34 nr house called Fir Trees.
LANCASHIRE - 1w male Hen Harrier. 2ml E.of Slaidburn, N.of Black Moss Farm + SEOwl (SD745524).
LANCASHIRE - Bittern Martin Mere WWT + 2 Firecrest along nature trail.
LANCASHIRE - Bittern. Marton Mere, + 2 Whooper Swan, Woodcock, 3 Pintail.
LANCASHIRE - 39 Crossbill Thrushgill Plntn, 4ml SE of Wray, 1pm in larches by entrance gate.
LANCASHIRE - 8 RTDiver Starr Gate, Blackpool, N.@ 8.30am.
LANCASHIRE - 1w Night Heron Ribble Valley 2/3ml S.of Ribchester on NE side of Old Park Wood in tree on E.bank of R.Ribble, view from by swg wks (SD652345).
LANCASHIRE - 4 Velvet Scoter. Morecambe, 9.52am flew into inner bay.
LANCASHIRE - drk GwTeal Martin Mere WWT Miller's Bridge Hide. Firecrest nr Janet Kear Hide showing well, 125+Ruff on Mere. No sign Ferruginous Duck yet.
LANCASHIRE - imm male Hen Harrier. Stocks Resr, over hill opp hide + Goosander, 8 Goldeneye, 40+Siskin over.
LONDON - 1w Caspian Gull. Beddington SF, + ad Med Gull, Peregrine.
MERSEYSIDE - 2 Snow Bunting. Wallasey, 2pm SW of lifeguard stn.
NORFOLK - fem Surf Scoter. Sea Palling, 9.20am in 1st bay N.of lifeboat stn showing well with Eider.
NORFOLK - ad Little Gull. Northrepps, in ploughed fld by airstrip.
NORFOLK - Yellow-browed Warbler. Stiffkey campsite, 2.30pm in Woods.
NORFOLK - RTDiver Wells Hbr +1w Shag, f Eider.
NORFOLK - 135 Bewick's Swan SW of Catfield on W.side Ludham Rd +40 Whooper.
NORFOLK - 2500 PfGeese Waxham +7 Barnacles 3 L.Gull Sea Palling +V.Scoter.
NORFOLK - 30 Tree Sparrow Flitcham opp Abbey Fm.
NORFOLK - Great White Egret. Sea Palling, NW along beach at 10.30am. Fem Surf Scoter til 10.30am in 1st bay Nof lifeboat stn then swam bhnd reef.
NORFOLK - Barnacle Goose 1/2ml S.of Ringstead, with PfGeese W.of rd pm.
NORFOLK - f Surf Scoter Horsey Gap, 2.30pm S.of c/pk with C.Scoter.
NORFOLK - 12 Eider Sea Palling pm +Purple Sand. 82 WfGeese at Martham Broad.
NORFOLK - ad Ross's Goose S.of Brancaster Staithe 12.40 from rd to Barrow Common terminal.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - Sibe Chiffchaff. Colwick CP, + 4 Firecrest.
ORKNEY - ad Iceland Gull. Stromness Hbr, 10.45am by ferry
ORKNEY - ad Ring-billed Gull. Stromness, 9.57am on golfcourse by clubhouse.
ORKNEY - 1w Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, 8.25am at S.end of Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house (HY256098).
ORKNEY - 3+ Little Auk. btw Stromness + Old Man of Hoy, pm + Puffin.
OXFORDSHIRE - 1+Brambling Oxford with Chaffinches nr Headington Library. F Goosander Uni Parks.
OXFORDSHIRE - 3(1drk) Red-b Merganser Wolvercote Bridge.
SHETLAND - ad Iceland Gull Haroldswick in fld by Unst Heritage Centre.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 6 Goldeneye. Broomhill Flash, + PfGoose.
SUFFOLK - Hen Harrier Minsmere RSPB + Marsh Harrier, Bittern, 2 Ruff. RTDiver offshore + Guillemot.
SUFFOLK - 5 Little Auk. Kessingland, N.past.
SUFFOLK - Common Sandpiper. Lake Lothing.
SURREY - Firecrest Leith Hill Wood 9.15am.
SURREY - Great Northern Diver. King George VI Resr, + 13 Goldeneye.
WEST YORKSHIRE - j BTDiver Pugney's CP, am at least on S.side of main lake + 2 Kingfisher.
WEST YORKSHIRE - 7 Goosander Pontefract Park Lake 10am.
WEST YORKSHIRE - 2w Glaucous Gull New Swillington Ings W.@ 12.50pm Water pipit 1.20pm on swg wks filter beds.
WORCESTERSHIRE - ad Iceland Gull. Westwood Pool, til 8am then flew E. (PERMIT REQUIRED).
Last update from Ralph @ 0818hrs (18/12)
ANGLESEY - drk LtDuck Cable Bay nr Rhosneigr, + 14 Goldeneye. 5 Scaup Rhosneigr Bay + 12 Goldeneye.
AYRSHIRE - 1w Iceland Gull. Troon Hbr, pm.
BERKSHIRE - redhead Smew. Twyford G.Pits - on Park Lane Pit, 8am.
BERKSHIRE - 2 drk Red-crested Pochard. Burnthouse Lane GPs, am + Dunlin on spit, 5 f/imm Goldeneye.
BERKSHIRE - Water Rail. Lavell's Lake, calling 8.20am + 3 Snipe.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 300+ Bewick's Swan. White Fen, but the POSSIBLE Whistling Swan is a Bewick's with a muddy beak!
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - Great Grey Shrike. W.side of Hinxton, on wires over fldw by river. Pk at level crossing btw Hinxton + Ickleton & go N.on pth E.of railway.
CHESHIRE - Bittern. Moore NR, 9am in E.Reedbed showing well.
CORNWALL - 1w Rose-col Starling. Goldsithney - 1ml E.of Marazion, in gdns N.of B3280 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).
CORNWALL - ad Ring-billed Gull. Marazion, 9.15am on beach at Red River mouth.
DEVON - Y/DAY - ad Little Egret. Cockwood, 11am on Cockwood Marshes twds Cofton.
DEVON - Glossy Ibis Bowling Green Marsh, in at 4.15pm + 4 Spoonbill.
DORSET - 5 Short-eared Owl. Portland Bill, + 2 RTDiver offshore + 26 C.Scoter.
EAST YORKSHIRE - 40+Twite Grimston in clifftop stubble + Snow Bunting. 5 SEOwl in Rimswell area.
EAST YORKSHIRE - Slav Grebe N.Cave GPs 1.10pm on Pit.5.
ESSEX - ad Ring-billed Gull. Westcliff-on-sea, 1.10pm by Casino + 4(2.1w,2.2w)Med Gull.
GLAMORGAN - Siberian Chiffchaff. Pen Clawdd Sewage Wks.
GLAMORGAN - drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815) , pm + Cetti's Wblr.
HAMPSHIRE - 6 Hawfinch. Blackwater Arboretum (SU268047) , pm.
ISLE OF MAN - 1w Crane. Kionlough, 2ml N.of Ramsey, 12.45pm in flds on seawardside of rd.
KENT - POSSIBLE Booted Eagle, Minster Marshes RPTD in area 11.45-12.45 then flew SSE twds Sandwich.
KENT - 120 Red-throated Diver. Dungeness, E.past am + 6 Eider, 2w Med Gull on beach.
KENT - ad Mediterranean Gull. Bough Beech Resr, in evng roost.
KENT - 2 Bittern. Stodmarsh NNR, + 11 L.Egret, 4 Msh Harrier, 2 Hen Harrier, 6+Cetti's Wblr, Chiffchaff.
KENT - Water Pipit. Grove Ferry, + 35 Pintail, Stonechat. WfGoose btw Grove Ferry + Seaton. 3(1drk)Smew Seaton GPs + 2 L.Egret.
KENT RnGrebe Scotney GPs + GNDiver, RTDiver.
KENT - Red Kite Pegwell Bay N.@ 11.45am.
KENT - Hen Harrier Worth Marsh + L.Egret.
KENT - Hen Harrier. Sandwich Bay, + Merlin, 2 Water Rail, Sandwich Tern, Rock Pipit, 22 Tree Sparrow.
KENT - 17 Mediterranean Gull. Copt Point - Folkestone, early a/noon.
KENT - 2 LtDuck Dungeness new diggings. 23 Smew on RSPB reserve.
KENT - 3(1drk) Red-crested Pochard. New Hythe GPs, on Leybourne Lakes complex + 4(2drk) Smew.
KENT - j RlBuzzard Harty Marshes 11am + Peregrine.
KENT - Purple Sand Leysdown 12.30pm with Turnstones on groynes.
KENT - 2 Tundra Bean Geese Denge Marsh Rd 1.50pm + 2 Bewicks + 8 Whooper Swan.
LANARKSHIRE - drk Green-winged Teal. Barons Haugh RSPB, pm on ice in front of Centenary Hide.
LANCASHIRE - Hawfinch Woodwell 12.34 nr house called Fir Trees.
LANCASHIRE - 1w male Hen Harrier. 2ml E.of Slaidburn, N.of Black Moss Farm + SEOwl (SD745524).
LANCASHIRE - Bittern Martin Mere WWT + 2 Firecrest along nature trail.
LANCASHIRE - Bittern. Marton Mere, + 2 Whooper Swan, Woodcock, 3 Pintail.
LANCASHIRE - 39 Crossbill Thrushgill Plntn, 4ml SE of Wray, 1pm in larches by entrance gate.
LANCASHIRE - 8 RTDiver Starr Gate, Blackpool, N.@ 8.30am.
LANCASHIRE - 1w Night Heron Ribble Valley 2/3ml S.of Ribchester on NE side of Old Park Wood in tree on E.bank of R.Ribble, view from by swg wks (SD652345).
LANCASHIRE - 4 Velvet Scoter. Morecambe, 9.52am flew into inner bay.
LANCASHIRE - drk GwTeal Martin Mere WWT Miller's Bridge Hide. Firecrest nr Janet Kear Hide showing well, 125+Ruff on Mere. No sign Ferruginous Duck yet.
LANCASHIRE - imm male Hen Harrier. Stocks Resr, over hill opp hide + Goosander, 8 Goldeneye, 40+Siskin over.
LONDON - 1w Caspian Gull. Beddington SF, + ad Med Gull, Peregrine.
MERSEYSIDE - 2 Snow Bunting. Wallasey, 2pm SW of lifeguard stn.
NORFOLK - fem Surf Scoter. Sea Palling, 9.20am in 1st bay N.of lifeboat stn showing well with Eider.
NORFOLK - ad Little Gull. Northrepps, in ploughed fld by airstrip.
NORFOLK - Yellow-browed Warbler. Stiffkey campsite, 2.30pm in Woods.
NORFOLK - RTDiver Wells Hbr +1w Shag, f Eider.
NORFOLK - 135 Bewick's Swan SW of Catfield on W.side Ludham Rd +40 Whooper.
NORFOLK - 2500 PfGeese Waxham +7 Barnacles 3 L.Gull Sea Palling +V.Scoter.
NORFOLK - 30 Tree Sparrow Flitcham opp Abbey Fm.
NORFOLK - Great White Egret. Sea Palling, NW along beach at 10.30am. Fem Surf Scoter til 10.30am in 1st bay Nof lifeboat stn then swam bhnd reef.
NORFOLK - Barnacle Goose 1/2ml S.of Ringstead, with PfGeese W.of rd pm.
NORFOLK - f Surf Scoter Horsey Gap, 2.30pm S.of c/pk with C.Scoter.
NORFOLK - 12 Eider Sea Palling pm +Purple Sand. 82 WfGeese at Martham Broad.
NORFOLK - ad Ross's Goose S.of Brancaster Staithe 12.40 from rd to Barrow Common terminal.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - Sibe Chiffchaff. Colwick CP, + 4 Firecrest.
ORKNEY - ad Iceland Gull. Stromness Hbr, 10.45am by ferry
ORKNEY - ad Ring-billed Gull. Stromness, 9.57am on golfcourse by clubhouse.
ORKNEY - 1w Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, 8.25am at S.end of Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house (HY256098).
ORKNEY - 3+ Little Auk. btw Stromness + Old Man of Hoy, pm + Puffin.
OXFORDSHIRE - 1+Brambling Oxford with Chaffinches nr Headington Library. F Goosander Uni Parks.
OXFORDSHIRE - 3(1drk) Red-b Merganser Wolvercote Bridge.
SHETLAND - ad Iceland Gull Haroldswick in fld by Unst Heritage Centre.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 6 Goldeneye. Broomhill Flash, + PfGoose.
SUFFOLK - Hen Harrier Minsmere RSPB + Marsh Harrier, Bittern, 2 Ruff. RTDiver offshore + Guillemot.
SUFFOLK - 5 Little Auk. Kessingland, N.past.
SUFFOLK - Common Sandpiper. Lake Lothing.
SURREY - Firecrest Leith Hill Wood 9.15am.
SURREY - Great Northern Diver. King George VI Resr, + 13 Goldeneye.
WEST YORKSHIRE - j BTDiver Pugney's CP, am at least on S.side of main lake + 2 Kingfisher.
WEST YORKSHIRE - 7 Goosander Pontefract Park Lake 10am.
WEST YORKSHIRE - 2w Glaucous Gull New Swillington Ings W.@ 12.50pm Water pipit 1.20pm on swg wks filter beds.
WORCESTERSHIRE - ad Iceland Gull. Westwood Pool, til 8am then flew E. (PERMIT REQUIRED).
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