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uk sightings saturday 15th march 2003 (1 Viewer)

Steve

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ABERDEENSHIRE:- Aberdeen 52 Waxwing SE.corner of Northern College of Education off Hilton St (NJ927082) feeding on berries.

ANGLESEY:- Llangoed Common Firecrest by gravelled path in small woodland bhnd village hall.

ANGLESEY:- Penmon Point 3 Black Guillemot + 4 Eider.

ANGLESEY:- S.Stack Ring Ouzel plantation + Merlin, 2 Peregrine. Hooded Crow @ RSPB reserve.

ANGLESEY:- Valley Lakes RSPB 2 Cetti's Warbler + G/shank. L.Egret Braint Est + Sp.Redshank, 2 G/shank.

AYRSHIRE:- Ayr ad Iceland Gull town cntr btw footbridge & railway bridge.

BEDFORD:- Woburn Great Grey Shrike 12.30pm on wires by A4012 near road to Potsgrove.

BERKSHIRE:- Lavell's Lake Bittern Sandfords Lane, 10.38 flew from reedbed behind raft of scrape + 4 Snipe, 3 Redshank, Teal etc.

Spotted Redshank + 2 Redshank.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Cambridge 12 Waxwing ESE.of railway station on Coleridge Road recreation ground.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Cottenham White Stork midday at Long Drove.

CHESHIRE:- Frodsham Marsh 5(4m) Wheatear in old log field pm + L.Stint No5 tank with 20 Dunlin. Avocet 10am only.

CHESHIRE:- Higher Whitley Lapwing in field to rear of Focalpoint Optics.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm drk Smew + 5 Spot Redshank, 5 Ruff. 6 L.Egret Denhall Lane.

CHESHIRE:- Marbury CP Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in big wood.

CLWYD:- Rhyl Tip Short-eared Owl near Marsh d + 50 PFGeese, on river near Rhyl bridge.

CORNWALL:- Carrick Roads 2(f/imm) Surf Scoter 4ml S.of Truro am off Loe Beach at Feock SW827381.

CORNWALL:- Hayle est drk American Wigeon from B3301 causeway.

CORNWALL:- Helston 1w Ring-billed Gull SW.off B3304 @ N.end of boating lake SW655272.

CORNWALL:- St Michaels Mount imm Glaucous Gull past SE.@c10am.

CUMBRIA:- Keswick 10 Waxwing 3.33pm in c/pk bhnd Woolworths NY265234.

DERBYSHIRE:- Williamthorpe NR 2w Iceland Gull on scrape @ 9.38am.

DEVON:- 3ml S.of Barnstaple Tundra Bean Goose 12.50pm 1ml S.of Bishop's Tawton at New Bridge in fld by A377 + Mute Swans.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) Glossy Ibis + 4 Spoonbill, 4 Greenshank, Sp.Redshank, Sandwich Tern's.

DEVON:- Slapton Ley Willow Warbler am.

DORSET:- Durlston CP Peregrine + 3 Adder @ Tilly Whim basking on quarry face.

DORSET:- Hengistbury Head drk Garganey in Barn Bight c100yds past warden's hut + sev.Wheatear, Sand Martin.

abberant Teal (NOT GARGANEY as reported earlier).

DORSET:- Lodmoor RSPB fem Marsh Harrier 8am.

DORSET:- Portland Bill Puffin

DORSET:- Sturminster Marshall GPs 3(1xdrk) Red-crested Pochard

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Slavonian Grebe 10am from Xerox Hide.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Hull drk Ring-necked Duck on East Park Lake.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- N.Cave GPs Little Ringed Plover

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Sammy's Point 2 Scandinavian Rock Pipit

ESSEX:- Westcliff-on-sea ad Ring-billed Gull 8.15 opp Rossi's icecream parlour + 4(ad, 2x1s,2w) Med Gull.

FIFE:- Ruddons Point (NO454004) drk Surf Scoter E.end of Largo Bay + 2 RNGrebe, 15 Slav Grebe. Nearby 11 Slav Grebe off Lower Largo village.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Frampton on Severn drk Green-winged Teal S.of Splatt Bridge on 100 Acre Pools @ 2pm + Peregrine, Sp.Redshank, 3 Cetti's.

GWYNEDD:- Aber Ogwen NR 5 Little Egret LTDuck off Bangor Pier + L.Egret East.

GWYNEDD:- Aberdesach 18 Great Northern Diver offshore.

GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter of W.end of promenade close inshore.

HAMPSHIRE:- Aldershot 11 Waxwing on E.side of A331 at Blackwater River crossing viewed from f'pth @ SU887514.

HAMPSHIRE:- Fleet Pond male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 11.30am.

HAMPSHIRE:- New Forest male Hen Harrier @ Yew Tree Heath 7.10am + Curlew.

HIGHLAND:- 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge Great Grey Shrike 4.20pm by B970 in pines on rough land opp Tomachrochar Farm entrance.

ISLE OF MAN:- Point of Ayre 1s Iceland Gull 11am around refuse tip.

KENT:- 1.25ml W.of Sandwich Great Grey Shrike 10am 500m W.of A256 bypass S.of A257 bhnd poplars TR313585.

KENT:- Dungeness 6 Garganey 11.18am + 3 Sandwich Tern, 4 Avocet.

KENT:- Godington Park 20+ Waxwing 11am in tall trees opp Springwood Drive entrance.

KENT:- Grove Ferry drk Garganey 12.45pm from observation ramp.

KENT:- New Hythe GPs fem Scaup 10.30am on Leybourne Lake.

LANCASHIRE:- Burnley 15 Waxwing on SE side of town nr Parliament St/Todmorden rd jctn in Red Rose Plastics c/pk SD848322.

LANCASHIRE:- Fleetwood 3(2drk) Garganey on pools near Jameson rd (SD338463).

fem Scaup on R.Wyre by ICI resr.

LANCASHIRE:- Heysham Hbr 11 Red-throated Diver past am + Guillemot.

LANCASHIRE:- just NW.of Pilling in field NE.of Fluke Hall Lane white morph ad Ross's Goose with Pinkfeet @ 3.30pm.

LANCASHIRE:- Stocks Resr Great Grey Shrike 12.45pm 500m NE.of hide in NE.corner of resr.

MERSEYSIDE:- Hoylake House Martin am @ Kings Gap.

NORFOLK:- 1/2ml S.of E.Harling 3 ad Caspian Gull by B1111 400m S.of 5 way jct 2.30-3.30pm.

NORFOLK:- Aylmerton buzzard sp 2ml W.soaring over West Beckham.

NORFOLK:- btw Stow Bedon & Caston (TL961966) Great White Egret 8.30am in field by stream just E.of minor road.

NORFOLK:- Gt Yarmouth imm male Black Redstart 11.30am at S.Denes by Omnipack Factory by filter beds.

NORFOLK:- Gunton Park Lakes Green Sandpiper + Grey Wag, Sand Martin.

NORFOLK:- Horsey Mill 7 Crane + 3 H.Harrier, 5 M.Harrier.

NORFOLK:- Sparham Pits 6(2drk) Goosander + 3 Chiffchaff.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Campsite Wood Yellow-browed Warbler 1.15pm 400m E.of c'pk.

NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB 2 Black Brant 9am.

NORFOLK:- West Runton 2 Lapland Bunting 9.30am in ploughed fld viewed from beach c/pk.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Castle Hill Black Redstart Scarborough.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Clesby GPs Slavonian Grebe 4pm showing well.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Tynemouth ad Glaucous Gull 10.45m on Black Middens NZ372689 then flew up R.Tyne.

OXFORDSHIRE:- btw Bletchingdon & Heathfield Village reported 3 Crane from A34 by B4027 jct seen in flight.

SHETLAND:- S.Mainland 2 Crane at Fleck in bare fld W.of A970 N.of Loch of Huesbreck.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor NR 2w Glaucous Gull on The Mere a/noon.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Rotherham Landfill Site imm Glaucous Gull 10.50am.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit 1pm at Birley Edge in fld W.of derelict building on Skew Hill SK329933.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Wombwell Ings White Wagtail + 2 Chiffchaff Broomhill Park.

SUFFOLK:- Elveden Great Grey Shrike N.of A11 at E.end of Weather Heath nr monument TL785778 + 2 Buzzard.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB Crane over Eastbridge @ 12.15pm & landed on The Levels (this may be the bird reported earlier as White Stork?)

3 Smew + Water Pipit, Firecrest.

White Stork from South Hide seen briefly in flight over Eastbridge area.

SURREY:- Thursley Common Great Grey Shrike near pylons 41/42 @ noon.

SUSSEX:- Beddingham White Stork 8.20am in fld S.of A26 r/bout.

SUSSEX:- Hove 4 Avocet E.past Hove Lawns @ 7.55am.

SUSSEX:- Newhaven Tidemills fem Serin 1.50pm on embankment by waste ground.




 
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