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uk sightings friday 18th April 2003 (1 Viewer)

Steve

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Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL

ABERDEENSHIRE:- Loch of Strathbeg drk Green-winged Teal 8am from Starnafin Fm Visitor Cntr.

ANGLESEY:- Penmon Point 3 Puffin + Black Guillemot, 2drk Eider, RTDiver, 30 Redpoll.

ANGLESEY:- S.Stack Cuckoo + 23 Grasshopper Wblr.

BEDFORD:- Brogborough Lake 2 Black Tern 12.45pm + 2 L.Gull.

BEDFORD:- Cainhoe Whimbrel over am + 7 Green Sand here + LRP, RPlover, Redshank.

BEDFORD:- Dunstable Downs 10 Ring Ouzel on the orange rolling slope (1st dell on rt coming from Tring Rd).

BEDFORD:- Galley Hill 3(2m) Ring Ouzel + 100+Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2ad L.Gull over E.

BERKSHIRE:- Dorney Wetlands 3 Turnstone 8am.

BERKSHIRE:- Lower Farm GPs Spotted Redshank + 2 Redshank, 2 LRP. 2 Tree Pipit Snelsmoor Common + 2 Buzzard.

BERKSHIRE:- Twyford Yellow Wagtail noon in Hoopoe Fld.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Shardeloes Lake (SU943981) ad drk White-headed Duck am still.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Wicken Fen 2 Grasshopper Warbler reeling + 4 Sedge Wblr, 2 Marsh Harrier.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm drk Garganey + f LtDuck, 9 Spot Redshank, 11 Ruff, 11 L.Egret, Whooper Swan. 3 Whinchat Burton Marsh + 6 L.Egret.

CHESHIRE:- Smallwood Hoopoe 3ml E.of Sandbach 6.15an only at jctn of Back Ln + Mill Ln in flds + gdns for 2nd day but elusive.

CLWYD:- Llyn Brenig redhead Smew in N.arm from hide.

CORNWALL:- 1.75ml E.of Lands End American Herring Gull in flds S.of B3315 btw Trevilley + Skewjack Fm.

CORNWALL:- Land's End Complex Woodchat Shrike 10.50am 1km to the S.to E.of coast path but elusive in wind.

CORNWALL:- Nanjizal Valley Red-rumped Swallow + f Woodchat Shrike 1/2ml S.of Lands End Complex E.of coast path by mushroom shaped rock.

CORNWALL:- Penzance 1s male Rose-col Starling am off Chapel St on Custom House Ln by house named Little Galleon SW474302.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) Glossy Ibis 11.40am + 4 Spoonbill, 1s Med Gull.

DORSET:- Durlston CP Nightingale am.

DORSET:- Hengistbury Head Wryneck 9am in Barn Field in gorge 100m past rangers cottage.

DORSET:- Lodmoor RSPB imm Spoonbill early a/noon.

DORSET:- Portland Black Redstart on Reap lane.

Wood Warbler at The Verne 2pm + Garden Warbler, 2 Hobby.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Flamboro' Hd Manx Shearwater past am + 1s Med Gull, C.Tern.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Hornsea Mere male Ring Ouzel in 1st fld. Lesser Whitethroat Gt Cowden Range + 3 Grasshopper Wblr. Ring Ouzel at Grimston.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Paull Yellow Wagtail 9am on seawall past lighthouse + 4 Wheatear.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Sammy's Point 2 male Ring Ouzel in 1st fld from c/pk + sev.Yellow Wags & Wheatears.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Spurn Black Redstart 1.35pm by coastguards tower.

Redstart at Chalk Bank + continental Coal Tit ringed at The Warren.

Ring Ouzel in The Triangle + LRP.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Tophill Low NR drk Scaup + 9 Ruff, Whitethroat.

GLAMORGAN:- Kenfig Pool NNR Hoopoe in dunes NNE of pool.

GLAMORGAN:- Sker Point PROB Black Kite 2.02pm drifting W.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Cleeve Common Great Grey Shrike 3ml ENE of Cheltenham E.of radio masts below post 23.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Chat Moss fem Marsh Harrier 9.10-9.35am.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Pennington Flash 2 s/pl Black-necked Grebe 10.30am from Horrock's Hide.

drk Garganey + drk Goosander, Ruff, Blk-t Godwit.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Rooley Moor Dotterel NW of Rochdale above High Naden Resr at 8.20am (SD851177) then flew SW.

GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter 12.15pm.

GWYNEDD:- Pwllheli Ruff in hbr + 2 Common Sand.

HAMPSHIRE:- Lakeside CP 3 Whimbrel N.@ 7.35am + Yellow Wag here.

HIGHLAND:- Altnaharra Hoopoe 16ml S.of Tongue off A836 RPTD in hotel gdn.

HIGHLAND:- Loch Garten 5(2m) Capercaillie early am at RSPB organised watch. Starts 5.30pm daily til May 20th.

HIGHLAND:- Loch Mallachie 2 White Stork 9.55am NE over twds Loch Garten.

ISLE OF MAN:- Langness imm Spoonbill 1.30pm at 'Stinky Dubh'.

ISLE OF WIGHT:- St Catherines Pt 2 Great Skua past by 11am + 2 Arctic Skua, 2 BTDiver, 8 V.Scoter, 121 C.Scoter, 48 L.Gull, 58 S.Tern.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Black Kite 8.10am over Lower Moors. Red-ru Swallow S.over Carn Friars at 8.12am.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- Tresco Black Kite 9.55am at NW end.

Hoopoe 10.50am at heliport.

KENT:- Capel-le-Ferne Turtle Dove am + A.Skua past, 30 Crossbill E.over.

KENT:- Grain Cetti's Warbler + Lesser Whitethroat.

KENT:- Grove Ferry NR Cuckoo + 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Greenshank, 3 Nightingale, 11 Cetti's Wblr, 2 Whitethroat, 28 Sedge Wblr, 2 Reed Wblr.

KENT:- Northward Hill RSPB 1+ Ring Ouzel + 6+Med Gull, 4 C.Tern over.

LANCASHIRE:- Alston Resrs 5+ White Wagtail + 2 LRP, R.Plover.

LANCASHIRE:- Darwen Red Kite 10.30am circling over Sunnyhurst area.

LANCASHIRE:- Heysham Hbr 2 Arctic Skua past at 8.35am + 2 Black Tern.

2 Black Tern past by 10am + 5 A.Skua, 2 Med Gull, 176 A.Tern, 6 S.Tern, 9 Gannet, 6 Kittiwake, 7 RTDiver.

LANCASHIRE:- Pendle Hill Dotterel 10am 100m NE of trig point.

LANCASHIRE:- Plex Moss Whimbrel 1/2ml E.of Gettern Farm on N.side of road.

LANCASHIRE:- Rossall Pt Arctic Skua S.by 10.50am + 1s L.Gull, 162 A.Tern, 3 C.Tern, 250+S.Tern. Yellow Wag N.+ Tree Pipit.

LANCASHIRE:- Stocks Resr male Redstart opp hide + C.Tern, LRP, 4 RbMerg, 4 Crossbill.

LEICESTERSHIRE:- Eyebrook Resr Hoopoe RPTD in flds nr fishing lodge.

drk Ring-necked Duck 12.25pm at N.end by tern raft.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Crosby Warren 3 Ring Ouzel am. White Wagtail Fulbeck + H.Martin.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Dandreges Pit Black Tern Welland + 11+C.Tern.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Ruskington House Martin 8.15am up Westcliffe Rd.

MERSEYSIDE:- Hilbre Island 2 Arctic Tern + 9 Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, LRP.

MERSEYSIDE:- Marshside RSPB imm male Marsh Harrier N.over am + 4 R.Ouzel over + 4 Tree Pipit.

male Whinchat + A.Skua, 30+A.Tern, LRP, 6 Avocet, Green Sand, Greenshank.

NORFOLK:- 2.75ml S.of Cromer Ring Ouzel btw Metton + Roughton by byroad.

NORFOLK:- Cley Temminck's Stint 9.35am on The Serpentine.

NORFOLK:- Felbrigg Pk male Ring Ouzel 8.45am opp Hall.

NORFOLK:- Heacham 3 Ring Ouzel at S.Beach + Reed Wblr. Nrby 2 Grasshopper Wblr Snettisham + 2 Wheatear.

NORFOLK:- Hickling Broad 2 POSS Whiskered Tern RPTD over high S.am.

NORFOLK:- Holkham Park male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker S.of monument.

NORFOLK:- Kelling Heath 2 Ring Ouzel nr hall.

NORFOLK:- Kelling Water Meadow Black Tern 2.05pm.

NORFOLK:- Limpenhoe Marshes ad Mediterranean Gull + SEOwl, Swallow.

NORFOLK:- Rockland St Mary Firecrest early pm at Hern Rise.

NORFOLK:- Salthouse Heath Bee-eater S.over at noon.

NORFOLK:- Snettisham Coastal Park Long-eared Owl from hide in flight briefly.

NORFOLK:- Snettisham CP Whinchat + 6 R.Ouzel btw there + Heacham.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Fen 2 Little Gull + 12 Ruff.

NORFOLK:- Waxham Sands Hol Camp 3 Ring Ouzel + Yellow Wagtail, Whimbrel. Ring Ouzel at N.end of paddocks around pipeline compound.

Tree Pipit + sev.Yellow Wag. SEOwl Brograve Fm.

Turtle Dove

NORFOLK:- Wayland Wood 7+ Golden Pheasant 1ml SE of Watton 9.15am.

NORFOLK:- Welney WWT unknown orig. sub ad Saker 10.35am in flds 500m NE of visitor cntr.

NORFOLK:- Winterton Dunes NNR Wryneck early am briefly 1/4ml S.of Beach rd + 3m Ring Ouzel.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Bolton Abbey Wood Warbler + 12+Pied Fly, 3+Redstart, 4 Common Sand, 2 Crossbill over.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Nosterfield GPs Lesser Whitethroat + Cuckoo, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 7 LRP, Common Sand, 7 Ruff, 3 Brambling over + Buzzard.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- York 20 Waxwing on Newton Terrace off Victor St + H.Martin.

ORKNEY:- Bredon Hill Ring Ouzel 3.5ml S.of Pershore early am flew to N.escarpment from E.of Banbury Stone summit tower.

SHROPSHIRE:- Whixall Moss (SJ489352) Cuckoo + 2 Whitethroat.

SOMERSET:- Steart drk American Wigeon 10.45am on saltmarsh btw hides + R.Perrett.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Treeton Dyke Grasshopper Warbler + Reed Wblr, LSpWoodpecker.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Wombwell Ings 3 Ruff + 42 Blk-t Godwit, 3 R.Plover.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Hanchurch Woods fem Ring Ouzel briefly am in clearfell area by track to c/pk.

SUFFOLK:- Dunwich Heath NT 3 Firecrest 9.50am, 2 in woods W.of c/van pk, 1 on heath + 2 Brambling in scrub by NT c/pk.

SUFFOLK:- Great Livermere Lake 2 Little Stint RPTD in SW Bay at 10am + 2 C.Tern, 3 Ruff, 2 LRP, Whitethroat.

SUFFOLK:- Ipswich Nightingale off A14 in Clayden Conservation Area.

SUFFOLK:- Lowestoft Sibe Chiffchaff am by c/pk at Leathes Ham off Peto Way TM530933.

SUFFOLK:- Mayday Farm Goshawk 10.50am.

SUFFOLK:- Micklemere Greenshank briefly at 8.10am + Green Sand.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB Redstart by c/pk + Nightingale, 9 Ruff, Greenshank, 6 Blk-t Godwit.

SUFFOLK:- R.Waveney drk Goosander by Outney Common (NW of Bungay) + Cuckoo.

SUFFOLK:- Westleton Heath male Ring Ouzel 7.40am briefly then flew N.

SURREY:- Thursley Common Redstart am in Parish Field + Tree Pipit.

SUSSEX:- Rye Hbr NR ad Pacific Golden Plover 9.35am on Flat Beach.

SUSSEX:- Shoreham Hbr 2 Arctic Skua past am.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Marsh Lane GPs Greenshank 9.55am from Oak Hide.

ad Little Gull 12.15pm from c/pk hide.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Fairburn Ings Wood Warbler on Cut Lane by 2nd stile.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Bredon Hill 6 Ring Ouzel 3.5ml S.of Pershore 700m NE of Banbury Stone Tower in hawthorns on N.escarpment + 3 Redstart, Stonechat.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Grimley new workings 2 Avocet 9.30am on central islands viewed from Camp Lane.

Whimbrel 1.35pm in sheepfield.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Upper Bittell Resr Black Tern 8.30am SP020755.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Upton Warren Grasshopper Warbler in brambles 30m left of swg wks fence + Yellow Wag, Green Sand. Cuckoo Lower oor. Green Sand Ryall Pit.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Wassell Grove fem Ring Ouzel 2.5ml W.of Halesowen on rugby pitch.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Wyre Forest Redstart by Dowles Brook + 3+Tree Pipit, 2 Pied Fly, Cuckoo, Raven, Peregrine, Dipper.




 
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