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Last update from Ralph @ 0827hrs (19/12).
ANGLESEY - Bittern. Valley Lakes RSPB, in flight. BnGrebe Llyn Penrhyn + Scaup. Cetti's Wblr Llyn Dinam.
ANGLESEY - 18 Pale-bellied Brent Goose. Beddmanarch Bay, + 2 Slav Grebe, 7 Whooper Swan.
ANGLESEY - 2 ringtail Hen Harrier. Malltraeth, roosted in evng.
BERKSHIRE - 1w Yellow-legged Gull. Burnthouse Lane GPs, 9.30am + Shelduck, 4 redhead Goldeneye, 2 L.Owl, 45 Fieldfare.
BERKSHIRE - 2 Jack Snipe. Horton GPs, pm.
BERKSHIRE - ad Yellow-legged Gull. Smallmead Pit, over tip + Chiffchaff.
BERKSHIRE - 5 Ring-necked Parakeet. Wraysbury, in trees 100m along Magna Carta Lane.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 80+ Corn Bunting. Farcet, in stubble fld + 6 Fieldfare, 45+Yellowhammer, 35+Skylark, 31 Stock Dove, 15+Redwing.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - Great Grey Shrike. W.side of Hinxton, Pk at level crossing btw Hinxton + Ickleton & go N.on pth E.of railway.
CHESHIRE - Bittern Moore NR 11.10am in E.Reedbed showing v.well.
CHESHIRE - 15 PfGeese Burton Pt on saltings SJ295732.
CHESHIRE - L.Egret Hale Marsh 10.25am.
CHESHIRE - 2 Bittern Marbury CP am in Coward Reedbed.
CHESHIRE - 75 PfGeese Whitley Reed N.@ 10.30am.
CLWYD - 15 Scaup. Kinmel Bay, + 3 3 Scaup off Towyn.
CORNWALL - 3w Ring-billed Gull. Catchall - SW of Drift Village, 9-9.20am on floods S.of A30 (SW425278).
CORNWALL - 1w Rose-col Starling Penzance town cntr by Green Market (SW474303).
CUMBRIA - Slavonian Grebe. Beckfoot - 8ml W.of Wigton, offshore am.
CUMBRIA - ad Med Gull Cavendish Dock, 3pm + Spot Redshank, 4 Blk-t Godwit, 2 Stonechat.
DEVON - fem American Wigeon. Roadford Resr, 1.30pm with 6 Wigeon in main hide area at N.end (4th day).
DEVON - ad Ring-billed Gull. Barnstaple, at Seven Bretheren Lorry Pk (SS558323).
DORSET - 2 Red-throated Diver. Durlston Head.
DORSET - BTDiver Poole Hbr mouth + 7 Eider in Brands Bay, f.Ruddy Duck Little Sea.
DORSET - drk Lesser Scaup. Little Sea - Studland Heath NR, am at N.end with 11 Scaup.
DORSET - 5 SEOwl Portland Bill +Purp Sand. Eider + 38 CScoter, 3 RTDiver, Brent Goose. W.Rail Obs Gdn. L.Egret Southwell Gdn. C.Scoter Portland Hbr.
EAST YORKSHIRE - 7 Bean Goose. Grimston, S.over at noon.
EAST YORKSHIRE - 9 Snow Bunting. Hilston, + 2 Egyptian Geese.
FIFE - Lapland Bunting N.of Elie at Ardross Fm in stubble by rd just before farm stebbings + 2 SEOwl, 110 Twite.
GWENT - pr Black Redstart. Goldcliffe, 11am around sea wall + reedbeds + m Marsh Harrier.
HAMPSHIRE - Great Grey Shrike. New Forest, pm at Leaden Hall nr Black Gutter Bottom.
HAMPSHIRE - fem Brambling. Lakeside CP, am with Chaffinches on track btw lakes + Water Rail on marsh, drk Goosander Concorde Lake, 161 Lapwing.
HAMPSHIRE - Bittern. Titchfield Haven NR, from Knights Bank Hide + Firecrest. 2 C.Scoter offshore + sev.Eider.
HERTFORDSHIRE - Y/DAY - POSS Slender-billed Gull. Walsworth Common - Hitchin, RPTD.
ISLE OF MAN - Long-tailed Duck. Derbyhaven breakwater, 10.50am.
KENT - 100 Corn Bunting Northward Hill RSPB Bromhey Farm +16 Tre Sparrow, Blk Redsatrt. Bittern briefly from Marshland Viewpoint +ringtail Hen Harrier.
KENT - 3(1drk) Smew. New Hythe GPs - on pit adj to M20, + 6 Siskin.
KENT - 2 Tundra Bean Geese Denge Marsh Rd 11am from pth on NE side opp Deep Water sign +8 Whoopers.
KENT - 214 Red-throated Diver. Dungeness, E.past am + 700 Guillemot, 2w Med Gull on beach + ad YlGull.
KENT - L.Egret Oare Marshes +19 Dunlin, 5 RPlover.
KENT - redhead Smew. Sevenoakes Wildfowl Res, am + 2 Goldeneye, Egyptian Goose.
KENT - 2 Long-tailed Duck. Dungeness RSPB, still + Marsh Harrier, L.Egret, RTDiver over.
LANCASHIRE - 4 Short-eared Owl. Champion Moor (SD750530), pm.
LANCASHIRE - 1w Night Heron 2/3ml S.of Ribchester, 9.40am on NE side of Old Park Wood on SE bank of R.Ribble, view from by swg wks (SD652345).
LANCASHIRE - drk American Wigeon Wyre Est, 12.30pm opp Barnaby's Sands (SD347460) from track 1.25ml W.of Wyre Ecology Cntr in Stanah.
LANCASHIRE - 2 Short-eared Owl. Twiston Moor, mid a/nnon.
LANCASHIRE - Hawfinch. Edge End Clough, Brierfield (SD856368)
LANCASHIRE - m Snow Bunting Sunnyhurst Resr, W.over 7.45-10.30am + 120 Brambling, 9 Crossbill, 40 Siskin, 80 Fieldfare.
LANCASHIRE - ad Mediterranean Gull. Myersclough Quarry - 6ml NNW of Preston, 12.30pm on Pit 1 + 2 Goosander.
LANCASHIRE - Peregrine Martin Mere WWT evng +2 Barn Owl.
LANCASHIRE - Snow Bunting Starr Gate N.@ 8.30am.
LINCOLNSHIRE - 4 Water Rails Marston Swg Wks, 9am showing well in flooded fld at cnr of 2 bridlepaths + 40+Wigeon.
LINCOLNSHIRE - 11 Goldeneye. Welland Bank Pits, + 1-2 Redshank, 2 Grn Woodpecker, 12 Gadwall, Grey Wag, Sparrowhawk, 5 Snipe.
LINCOLNSHIRE - Great White Egret. Tetney Marsh, S.@ 3.40pm.
LINCOLNSHIRE - w/pl Slavonian Grebe. Covenham Resr, 12.30pm in SE cnr + 69 Goldeneye.
LONDON - f/imm White-headed Duck. Broadwater GPs - 1/2ml SW of Harefield, (TQ043892).
LOTHIAN - Greenshank. Aberlady Bay, + 4(2drk)Scaup, 2mStonechat, 310+V.Scoter, 1500+Knot, 500+ Oystercatcher, RTDiver.
MERSEYSIDE - 3 Snow Bunting. Wallasey, W of lifeguard stn.
MERSEYSIDE - 24 PbBrent Geese Hilbre Island +8 Purple Sand, Peregrine.
MERSEYSIDE - 8 RbMerg Kirby Marine Lake +27 Goldeneye.
NORFOLK - YbWarbler Stiffkey campsite 9.45am in Woods by crosstracks + sev.L.Egret on saltmarsh.
NORFOLK - ad Ross's Goose S.of Brancaster Staithe from minor rd to Barrow Common.
NORFOLK - Barnacle Goose 1/2ml S.of Ringstead +PfGeese.
NORFOLK - 1w Shag, Wells Hbr.
NORFOLK - 5 Velvet Scoter. Horsey Gap, with 100 C.Scoter, Eider, 30 RTDiver. 9 Snow Bunting Sea Palling + Purple Sand, 20 RTDiver, 14 Eider.
NORFOLK - 2 redhead Smew. Strumpshaw Fen RSPB - from Tower Hide, + f Msh Harrier. 2 Egyptian Geese on river + Cetti's Wblr, Bearded Tit.
NORFOLK - 33 Shorelark. Holkham Gap, + Snow Bunting, Twite, 3 LtDuck, 4 V.Scoter, 2 RbMerg, Eider.
NORFOLK - ad Black-winged Stilt. Titchwell RSPB, + 2 Sp.Redshank, 3 L.Egret.
NORFOLK - Spotted Redshank. Cley NWT, + 80 RTDiver, Guillemot, Cetti's Wblr, Stonechat.
NORFOLK - fem Surf Scoter. Sea Palling, S.past at 2.50pm with 17f C.Scoter then S.past Waxham twds Horsey.
NORFOLK - 24 Shorelark Blakeney Point pm + 120 Snow Bunting, redhead Goosander.
NORFOLK - 6 Crane. Horsey Gap, in flds just inland.
NORFOLK - ad Black Brant. btw Cley + Salthouse, 1.10pm N.of A149 in flds.
NORTH YORKSHIRE - 8 PfGeese Beal Carrs + drk Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, SEOwl.
NORTHUMBERLAND - redhead Smew. Hallington Resrs, 3.30pm on west resr (PERMIT REQUIRED).
NORTHUMBERLAND - Tundra Bean Goose. Hallington Resrs, 2.45pm in with 173 Greylags but flew S.@ 3.35pm + 5 Goosander.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - Sibe Chiffchaff Colwick CP 10.45am by lodge c/pk + Firecrest.
ORKNEY - Lapland Bunting. Deerness, over Dingies Howe at 1pm.
ORKNEY - 1w Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, at S.end of Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house (HY256098).
SHETLAND - ad Glaucous Gull. Unst, at Burrafirth.
SHETLAND - 6 Tundra Bean Goose. Fleck.
SHETLAND - drk American Wigeon. Scatness, + drk GwTeal Loch of Hillwell.
SHETLAND - White-billed Diver. off Kirkabister, in S.Nesting Bay + 29 GNDiver, 33 RTDiver.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 2 LEOwl Old Moor NR, + 10 Goosander, 5 Pintail.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE - Slav Grebe Thrybergh CP, still.
SUFFOLK - Bewick's Swan. Minsmere RSPB, 3.30pm from Island Mere Hide.
SUFFOLK - 28 Snow Bunt N.over Shingle Street +PbBrent with DbBrents.
SUFFOLK - 16 Tundra Bean Geese North Warren RSPB from path along old railway at N.end + 30 WfGeese.
SUFFOLK - Black-necked Grebe. Benacre Broad, + 2 redhead Smew, 14 Goldeneye.
SUFFOLK - Water Pipit. Minsmere RSPB, + 2 European WfGeese, 40 Barnacle Geese, 29 Blk-t Godwit, Guillemot offshore.
SUFFOLK - Sooty Sh/wtr Southwold N.@ 9.15am +3 L.Auk N.by 10am +3 V.Scoter, 650 RTDiver.
SURREY - fem Ring-necked Duck. Bourne Hall Lake - Ewell Village, pm (TQ219628).
SUSSEX - 2 ad Mediterranean Gull. Galley Hill, + ad L.Gull.
SUSSEX - Black Brant. East Head, + PbBrent Goose. 1+Snow Bunting on NE cnr. GNDiver in channel + BTDiver.
SUSSEX - 2 Lapland Bunting. Pevensey Levels, + 4 Water Pipit, 6 Jack Snipe.
SUSSEX - Bittern. Filsham Reedbeds, Hastings, + f Msh Harrier, Firecrest, 2 Chiffchaff.
WEST MIDLANDS - 1 Owen Diver, penalty area, Villa Park, 9.15pm.
WEST YORKSHIRE - 6 Goosander Pontefract Park Lake + 16 Siskin.
WEST YORKSHIRE - juv BTDiver Pugney's CP.
Last update from Ralph @ 0827hrs (19/12).
ANGLESEY - Bittern. Valley Lakes RSPB, in flight. BnGrebe Llyn Penrhyn + Scaup. Cetti's Wblr Llyn Dinam.
ANGLESEY - 18 Pale-bellied Brent Goose. Beddmanarch Bay, + 2 Slav Grebe, 7 Whooper Swan.
ANGLESEY - 2 ringtail Hen Harrier. Malltraeth, roosted in evng.
BERKSHIRE - 1w Yellow-legged Gull. Burnthouse Lane GPs, 9.30am + Shelduck, 4 redhead Goldeneye, 2 L.Owl, 45 Fieldfare.
BERKSHIRE - 2 Jack Snipe. Horton GPs, pm.
BERKSHIRE - ad Yellow-legged Gull. Smallmead Pit, over tip + Chiffchaff.
BERKSHIRE - 5 Ring-necked Parakeet. Wraysbury, in trees 100m along Magna Carta Lane.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 80+ Corn Bunting. Farcet, in stubble fld + 6 Fieldfare, 45+Yellowhammer, 35+Skylark, 31 Stock Dove, 15+Redwing.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE - Great Grey Shrike. W.side of Hinxton, Pk at level crossing btw Hinxton + Ickleton & go N.on pth E.of railway.
CHESHIRE - Bittern Moore NR 11.10am in E.Reedbed showing v.well.
CHESHIRE - 15 PfGeese Burton Pt on saltings SJ295732.
CHESHIRE - L.Egret Hale Marsh 10.25am.
CHESHIRE - 2 Bittern Marbury CP am in Coward Reedbed.
CHESHIRE - 75 PfGeese Whitley Reed N.@ 10.30am.
CLWYD - 15 Scaup. Kinmel Bay, + 3 3 Scaup off Towyn.
CORNWALL - 3w Ring-billed Gull. Catchall - SW of Drift Village, 9-9.20am on floods S.of A30 (SW425278).
CORNWALL - 1w Rose-col Starling Penzance town cntr by Green Market (SW474303).
CUMBRIA - Slavonian Grebe. Beckfoot - 8ml W.of Wigton, offshore am.
CUMBRIA - ad Med Gull Cavendish Dock, 3pm + Spot Redshank, 4 Blk-t Godwit, 2 Stonechat.
DEVON - fem American Wigeon. Roadford Resr, 1.30pm with 6 Wigeon in main hide area at N.end (4th day).
DEVON - ad Ring-billed Gull. Barnstaple, at Seven Bretheren Lorry Pk (SS558323).
DORSET - 2 Red-throated Diver. Durlston Head.
DORSET - BTDiver Poole Hbr mouth + 7 Eider in Brands Bay, f.Ruddy Duck Little Sea.
DORSET - drk Lesser Scaup. Little Sea - Studland Heath NR, am at N.end with 11 Scaup.
DORSET - 5 SEOwl Portland Bill +Purp Sand. Eider + 38 CScoter, 3 RTDiver, Brent Goose. W.Rail Obs Gdn. L.Egret Southwell Gdn. C.Scoter Portland Hbr.
EAST YORKSHIRE - 7 Bean Goose. Grimston, S.over at noon.
EAST YORKSHIRE - 9 Snow Bunting. Hilston, + 2 Egyptian Geese.
FIFE - Lapland Bunting N.of Elie at Ardross Fm in stubble by rd just before farm stebbings + 2 SEOwl, 110 Twite.
GWENT - pr Black Redstart. Goldcliffe, 11am around sea wall + reedbeds + m Marsh Harrier.
HAMPSHIRE - Great Grey Shrike. New Forest, pm at Leaden Hall nr Black Gutter Bottom.
HAMPSHIRE - fem Brambling. Lakeside CP, am with Chaffinches on track btw lakes + Water Rail on marsh, drk Goosander Concorde Lake, 161 Lapwing.
HAMPSHIRE - Bittern. Titchfield Haven NR, from Knights Bank Hide + Firecrest. 2 C.Scoter offshore + sev.Eider.
HERTFORDSHIRE - Y/DAY - POSS Slender-billed Gull. Walsworth Common - Hitchin, RPTD.
ISLE OF MAN - Long-tailed Duck. Derbyhaven breakwater, 10.50am.
KENT - 100 Corn Bunting Northward Hill RSPB Bromhey Farm +16 Tre Sparrow, Blk Redsatrt. Bittern briefly from Marshland Viewpoint +ringtail Hen Harrier.
KENT - 3(1drk) Smew. New Hythe GPs - on pit adj to M20, + 6 Siskin.
KENT - 2 Tundra Bean Geese Denge Marsh Rd 11am from pth on NE side opp Deep Water sign +8 Whoopers.
KENT - 214 Red-throated Diver. Dungeness, E.past am + 700 Guillemot, 2w Med Gull on beach + ad YlGull.
KENT - L.Egret Oare Marshes +19 Dunlin, 5 RPlover.
KENT - redhead Smew. Sevenoakes Wildfowl Res, am + 2 Goldeneye, Egyptian Goose.
KENT - 2 Long-tailed Duck. Dungeness RSPB, still + Marsh Harrier, L.Egret, RTDiver over.
LANCASHIRE - 4 Short-eared Owl. Champion Moor (SD750530), pm.
LANCASHIRE - 1w Night Heron 2/3ml S.of Ribchester, 9.40am on NE side of Old Park Wood on SE bank of R.Ribble, view from by swg wks (SD652345).
LANCASHIRE - drk American Wigeon Wyre Est, 12.30pm opp Barnaby's Sands (SD347460) from track 1.25ml W.of Wyre Ecology Cntr in Stanah.
LANCASHIRE - 2 Short-eared Owl. Twiston Moor, mid a/nnon.
LANCASHIRE - Hawfinch. Edge End Clough, Brierfield (SD856368)
LANCASHIRE - m Snow Bunting Sunnyhurst Resr, W.over 7.45-10.30am + 120 Brambling, 9 Crossbill, 40 Siskin, 80 Fieldfare.
LANCASHIRE - ad Mediterranean Gull. Myersclough Quarry - 6ml NNW of Preston, 12.30pm on Pit 1 + 2 Goosander.
LANCASHIRE - Peregrine Martin Mere WWT evng +2 Barn Owl.
LANCASHIRE - Snow Bunting Starr Gate N.@ 8.30am.
LINCOLNSHIRE - 4 Water Rails Marston Swg Wks, 9am showing well in flooded fld at cnr of 2 bridlepaths + 40+Wigeon.
LINCOLNSHIRE - 11 Goldeneye. Welland Bank Pits, + 1-2 Redshank, 2 Grn Woodpecker, 12 Gadwall, Grey Wag, Sparrowhawk, 5 Snipe.
LINCOLNSHIRE - Great White Egret. Tetney Marsh, S.@ 3.40pm.
LINCOLNSHIRE - w/pl Slavonian Grebe. Covenham Resr, 12.30pm in SE cnr + 69 Goldeneye.
LONDON - f/imm White-headed Duck. Broadwater GPs - 1/2ml SW of Harefield, (TQ043892).
LOTHIAN - Greenshank. Aberlady Bay, + 4(2drk)Scaup, 2mStonechat, 310+V.Scoter, 1500+Knot, 500+ Oystercatcher, RTDiver.
MERSEYSIDE - 3 Snow Bunting. Wallasey, W of lifeguard stn.
MERSEYSIDE - 24 PbBrent Geese Hilbre Island +8 Purple Sand, Peregrine.
MERSEYSIDE - 8 RbMerg Kirby Marine Lake +27 Goldeneye.
NORFOLK - YbWarbler Stiffkey campsite 9.45am in Woods by crosstracks + sev.L.Egret on saltmarsh.
NORFOLK - ad Ross's Goose S.of Brancaster Staithe from minor rd to Barrow Common.
NORFOLK - Barnacle Goose 1/2ml S.of Ringstead +PfGeese.
NORFOLK - 1w Shag, Wells Hbr.
NORFOLK - 5 Velvet Scoter. Horsey Gap, with 100 C.Scoter, Eider, 30 RTDiver. 9 Snow Bunting Sea Palling + Purple Sand, 20 RTDiver, 14 Eider.
NORFOLK - 2 redhead Smew. Strumpshaw Fen RSPB - from Tower Hide, + f Msh Harrier. 2 Egyptian Geese on river + Cetti's Wblr, Bearded Tit.
NORFOLK - 33 Shorelark. Holkham Gap, + Snow Bunting, Twite, 3 LtDuck, 4 V.Scoter, 2 RbMerg, Eider.
NORFOLK - ad Black-winged Stilt. Titchwell RSPB, + 2 Sp.Redshank, 3 L.Egret.
NORFOLK - Spotted Redshank. Cley NWT, + 80 RTDiver, Guillemot, Cetti's Wblr, Stonechat.
NORFOLK - fem Surf Scoter. Sea Palling, S.past at 2.50pm with 17f C.Scoter then S.past Waxham twds Horsey.
NORFOLK - 24 Shorelark Blakeney Point pm + 120 Snow Bunting, redhead Goosander.
NORFOLK - 6 Crane. Horsey Gap, in flds just inland.
NORFOLK - ad Black Brant. btw Cley + Salthouse, 1.10pm N.of A149 in flds.
NORTH YORKSHIRE - 8 PfGeese Beal Carrs + drk Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, SEOwl.
NORTHUMBERLAND - redhead Smew. Hallington Resrs, 3.30pm on west resr (PERMIT REQUIRED).
NORTHUMBERLAND - Tundra Bean Goose. Hallington Resrs, 2.45pm in with 173 Greylags but flew S.@ 3.35pm + 5 Goosander.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - Sibe Chiffchaff Colwick CP 10.45am by lodge c/pk + Firecrest.
ORKNEY - Lapland Bunting. Deerness, over Dingies Howe at 1pm.
ORKNEY - 1w Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, at S.end of Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house (HY256098).
SHETLAND - ad Glaucous Gull. Unst, at Burrafirth.
SHETLAND - 6 Tundra Bean Goose. Fleck.
SHETLAND - drk American Wigeon. Scatness, + drk GwTeal Loch of Hillwell.
SHETLAND - White-billed Diver. off Kirkabister, in S.Nesting Bay + 29 GNDiver, 33 RTDiver.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 2 LEOwl Old Moor NR, + 10 Goosander, 5 Pintail.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE - Slav Grebe Thrybergh CP, still.
SUFFOLK - Bewick's Swan. Minsmere RSPB, 3.30pm from Island Mere Hide.
SUFFOLK - 28 Snow Bunt N.over Shingle Street +PbBrent with DbBrents.
SUFFOLK - 16 Tundra Bean Geese North Warren RSPB from path along old railway at N.end + 30 WfGeese.
SUFFOLK - Black-necked Grebe. Benacre Broad, + 2 redhead Smew, 14 Goldeneye.
SUFFOLK - Water Pipit. Minsmere RSPB, + 2 European WfGeese, 40 Barnacle Geese, 29 Blk-t Godwit, Guillemot offshore.
SUFFOLK - Sooty Sh/wtr Southwold N.@ 9.15am +3 L.Auk N.by 10am +3 V.Scoter, 650 RTDiver.
SURREY - fem Ring-necked Duck. Bourne Hall Lake - Ewell Village, pm (TQ219628).
SUSSEX - 2 ad Mediterranean Gull. Galley Hill, + ad L.Gull.
SUSSEX - Black Brant. East Head, + PbBrent Goose. 1+Snow Bunting on NE cnr. GNDiver in channel + BTDiver.
SUSSEX - 2 Lapland Bunting. Pevensey Levels, + 4 Water Pipit, 6 Jack Snipe.
SUSSEX - Bittern. Filsham Reedbeds, Hastings, + f Msh Harrier, Firecrest, 2 Chiffchaff.
WEST MIDLANDS - 1 Owen Diver, penalty area, Villa Park, 9.15pm.
WEST YORKSHIRE - 6 Goosander Pontefract Park Lake + 16 Siskin.
WEST YORKSHIRE - juv BTDiver Pugney's CP.
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