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UK Sightings - Friday 10 January 2003 (1 Viewer)

ralph

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UK Sightings - Friday 10 January 2002

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Last update by Ralph @ 1837hrs

ABERDEENSHIRE - 9 Waxwing. Inverurie, E.of A96 bypass in gdns on Baddifurrow NJ768209. Access off Upperboat Rd on W.side of hospital.

ARGYLE & BUTE - Sandwich Tern. Oban Bay, but no sign Forster's Tern 8-10.30am.

ARGYLE & BUTE - 1w Glaucous Gull Loch Feochan pm.

ARGYLE & BUTE - blue morph Lesser Snow Goose Islay WNW of Port Ellen in Cornabus area with Greenland WfGeese (NR338468).

ARGYLE & BUTE - 1w Forster's Tern. Oban Bay, 12.05pm viewed from Piers (NM855298).

BEDFORDSHIRE - 9(6drk) Mandarin. Kempston Mill, am.

BEDFORDSHIRE - m Firecrest. The Lodge, Sandy, 12.45pm in Yews nr Yew Tree c/pk.

BERKSHIRE - Waxwing. Wokingham, no details. 2drk Goosander Sandhurst GPs.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - Waxwing. St Neots, 9am at Tesco on Barford Rd nr petrol stn.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE -1w Great Grey Shrike. W.side of Hinxton, btw Railway + R.Cam.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 2w Med Gull Dogsthorpe Tip.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 4 Waxwing Fletton 3pm at Crown Lakes CP just before level crossing TL193942.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 5 Waxwing. Farcet, at Crown Lakes + SEOwl, Merlin, Corn Bunting.

CHESHIRE - 3 Bittern Marbury CP in Coward Reedbed from screen + Buzzard.

CHESHIRE - 2 Little Egret. Burton Marsh, + 7 Bewick's Swan, 7 PfGeese, Peregrine.

CLEVELAND - 3+ Hawfinch. Hutton, by School House drive + Timber House.

CLEVELAND - 4 Waxwing. Guisborough, RPTD by A171 bypass (no details).

CLEVELAND - Peregrine. Scaling Dam Resr.

CLWYD - 10 Purple Sand Penrhyn Bay on rising tide.

CLWYD - 5 Hawfinch Llanbedr-y-cennin.

CORNWALL - Pintail. Trenance Boating Lake, Newquay, 8.45am.

CORNWALL - fem Black Redstart. just N.of Sandymouth Beach - nr Bude, on cliffs. RTDiver offshore + Common Dolphin.

CUMBRIA - 3 Waxwing Canal Foot in Glaxo c/pk.

DEVON - ad Ring-billed Gull. Barnstaple, 10am by Butlers Oil Station.

DEVON - Great Grey Shrike. Hartford Forest - 10ml SW of Bideford, am showing well at times in Trew Plantation.

DORSET - Bittern Hatch Pond, Poole, from 2pm showing well.

DORSET - Bittern. Stanpit Marsh, 10.10am in reeds on opp side of R.Avon.

DORSET - Firecrest. Durlston CP, by diagonal path (ask at vis.cntr). Black Redsatrt nr Tilly Whim + GNDiver offshore. Brambling over + 2 Siskin.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY - ad Ross's Goose. Caerlaverock WWT, am with Barnacle Geese.

DURHAM - 25 Waxwing. Washington, am by The Galleries Shopping Cntr on E.side of c/pk. 1 Waxwing Boldon Flats NR.

EAST YORKSHIRE - 4 Waxwing. Hull, nr jctn of High St/Chapel Ln by museum (TA101287).

EAST YORKSHIRE - 1w Glaucous Gull. Hornsea Mere, 3.45pm + 2(1drk)Smew, drk Pintail.

EAST YORKSHIRE - 16 Waxwing Beverley, on Normandy Ave off A164 Victoria Rd.

EAST YORKSHIRE - 1w Mediterranean Gull. Hornsea Mere.

EAST YORKSHIRE - ad Iceland Gull Leven Tip 5ml NE of Beverley off A165.

EAST YORKSHIRE - Waxwing. Holmpton, pm on Taylors Lane (TA370238).

EAST YORKSHIRE - 1w fem Ring-necked Duck. N.Cave GPs, am on E.end on Pit 5.

EAST YORKSHIRE - drk Ring-necked Duck. Hull, 12.15pm on East Park Lake. No fthr sign of Waxwings in Chapel Ln area, but flock is v.mobile.

FLINTSHIRE - imm LtDuck Shotwick boating lake pm.

GLAMORGAN - Great Grey Shrike. Mynydd Margam - 3ml SW of Maesteg, 12.20pm in clearing nr logpile (SS814895).

GLAMORGAN - 1 Red Kite, between Hendy and Fforest, 10.30am.

GLAMORGAN - drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815) , + Bittern. 3 Bittern Cosmeston Lakes CP.

GREATER MANCHESTER - Crane, Manchester RPTD N.@ 1pm over Deansgate.

GREATER MANCHESTER - 2 Bewick's Swan Scotmans Flash.

GWYNEDD - L.Egret Abersoch opp boatyard.

HAMPSHIRE - Red Kite. Cheesefoot Head, 10am over stubble flds.

HAMPSHIRE - ad Mediterranean Gull. Itchen Bridge, am on Woolston Side.

HIGHLAND - 1w Long-billed Dowitcher. Inver Bay - 5ml E.of Tain, pm opp Inver Village Hall NH860828.

KENT - SEOwl Sandown Castle + Black Redstart, 3 Rock Pipit. 2 Water pipit on golfcourse floods.

KENT - L.Egret. New Hythe GPs.

KENT - 3(1drk) Smew. New Hythe GPs - on lake btw A288 + Lunsford Lane, 8am.

KENT - 2 Waxwing. Hoo St Werburgh, in private area (no details).

KENT - Slav Grebe Cliffe S.Quarry +2 BnGrebe.

KENT - Slav Grebe Dungeness RSPB Burrowes Pit. 2 LtDuck on new wkgs. 2 Bittern + drk Scaup, Chiffchaff.

KENT - 1+Slav Grebe Cliffe Pools RSPB on Flamingo Pool + RTDiver, m Hen Harrier, drk RcPochard.

LANCASHIRE - 5 Waxwing. Blackburn, 10.45am in Weir St c/pk, Mincing Lane.

LANCASHIRE - redhead Smew Pine Lakes. W.Pipit Leighton Moss Lillians Hide 11.55am.

LANCASHIRE - 2w Med Gull Lancaster Tip.

LANCASHIRE - 4 Waxwing Morecambe RPTD W.of Bare Lane Stn on Grasmere Rd.

LANCASHIRE - 5+Twite Lytham S.of Lowther Pavillion.

LANCASHIRE - 30 Snow Bunting. Pendle Hill, nr summit.

LANCASHIRE - Bittern Belmont Resr am from hide.

LANCASHIRE - drk Ring-necked Duck Rivington Resr 8.15am N.of cswy (SD622142).

LANCAHIRE - W.Pipit Leighton Moss Lillians Hide pm.

LANCASHIRE - drk American Wigeon. Wyre Est, 10.25am off Barnaby's Sands.

LANCASHIRE - Gt Grey Shrike N.of Slaidburn 9.50am at Sagar Hill new plntn SD711547.

LANCASHIRE - 20+ Fieldfare. nr Martin Mere, in farm fields on Curlew Lane side + 15-20 Redwing.

LANCASHIRE - ad Med Gull Morecambe Stone Jetty.

LINCOLNSHIRE - 13 Waxwing Grimsby, 9.40am on NW side on A180 Pyewipe r/bout opp Citreon Garage (TA253107).

LINCOLNSHIRE - juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Worlaby Carrs - 3ml N.of Brigg, 11.30am off Carr Lane (TA001131).

LINCOLNSHIRE (Y/DAY) - 2 Waxwing nr Ludborough (TF298958) 6ml N.of Louth 1.30pm on berries on A16 100m N.of turn to Fulstow on bend so park with caution.

LINCOLNSHIRE (Y/DAY) - fem Velvet Scoter. Covenham Resr, 12.30pm + drk Scaup, pr RbMerg.

LOTHIAN - 5 Waxwing. Haddington, am on berries across from Jet Garage on old A1.

MERSEYSIDE - 3 Snow Bunt Wallasey nr lifeguard stn.

NORFOLK - 2 Tundra Bean Goose. Horsey, 8.05am opp Horsey Mill with 200 PfGeese.

NORFOLK - 5 Waxwing. Holt, am on Hempstead Rd by A148 bypass (TG082386).

NORFOLK - 60 Shorelark. Holkham Gap, + 5 Snow Bunting, 14 Velvet Scoter.

NORFOLK - 6 Crane. Horsey, 2.12pm showing well opp Nelson Head Pub (TG460225).

NORFOLK - 1w Glaucous Gull Morston Saltmarsh, W.@ 11.30am.

NORFOLK - 12+ Marsh Harrier. Stubb Mill Roost, + 3 Hen Harrier, 5 Crane, 9 Woodcock.

NORFOLK - 19+Taiga Bean Geese Cantley Marshes 10am off Burnthouse Rd.

NORFOLK - m Hen Harrier Horsey +Stonechat.

NORFOLK - 6 Waxwing. Aylsham, 2.40pm on Station Rd by Bure Valley Railway.

NORFOLK - 10 Waxwing. Thorpe St.Andrew, 1.05pm off A1042 on Northside nr Bannatynes Health Club c/pk.

NORFOLK - 3(1f,2j)Msh Harrier Buckenham Marshes 11.50am ponds frozen. 200+Wigeon nr river in flight.

NORFOLK - Peregrine Framingham Earl E.@ 10.20am.

NORFOLK - 2 PbBrent Geese Morston Quay +DbBrents.

NORFOLK - 2 Tundra Bean Geese SE of Holkham Pk SW of Branthill Fm +PfGeese.

NORFOLK - Hawfinch Lynford Arboretum am.

NORFOLK - YbWblr Stiffkey Campsite Wood noon 150m E.of crosstracks (TF971440).

NORFOLK - Pale-b Brent Goose 300m E.of Martham Staithe, 3.55pm on floodw with Greylags E.from fishermans c/pk. 10 Whooper Swan N.@ 3.47pm.

NORFOLK - Waxwing Mundesley 9am briefly in High St.

NORFOLK - juv fem Pallid Harrier. btw Langham + Morston, 11.45am W.of road.

NORFOLK - 11 Waxwing Acle am 300m N.of A47/A1064 r/bout (TG407106).

NORFOLK - j.f.Pallid Harrier Warham Greens 3.40pm off end of W.track showing well +Hen Harrier.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - 1w drk Ferruginous Duck. Daventry Resr, 10.35m at S.end + drk RcPochard, drk Goosander.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - ad Iceland Gull. Pitsford Resr, from 3.30pm.

NORTHUMBERLAND - 47+ Waxwing. Cramlington, am on N.side along Horton Burn by Horton Drive bridge nr Denshaw Close jctn (NZ266786).

NORTHUMBERLAND - 8 Shorelark. Long Nanny Burn, at burn mouth + 20 Twite (NU230275).

NORTH YORKSHIRE - Waxwing. York, am off A19 Fulford Rd on Broadway by traffic lights.

OXFORDSHIRE - Hawfinch Bleinham Palace close to walled garden.

SCILLY ISLES - fem American Wigeon. Tresco, Nw end of Gt Pool + 7 Whooper Swan. Brent Goose on sea + Slav Grebe, L.Gull.

STAFFORDSHIRE - 3w Iceland Gull. Belvide Resr, in roost from 438pm + L.Egret over.

SUFFOLK - 2 juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Lantern Marshes, 12.15pm from nr Crag Farm but distant.

SUFFOLK - 3w Caspian Gull. Blyth est, 12.30pm off White Hart Inn (TM455755).

SUFFOLK - 3+ Waxwing. Copdock, am in c/pk by PC World + Curry's.

SUFFOLK - 3 Scaup Kessingland Swg Wks late a/noon on small pool.

SUFFOLK - 2 redhead Smew Minsmere RSPB, + 22 Pintail.

SUFFOLK - ad Black Brant. Trimley Marshes, 1pm + redhead Smew, 2 L.Egret, Goosander, esc Ross's Goose. 2 Eider on R.Orwell.

SURREY - Gt Grey Shrike Thursley Common 1pm.

SUSSEX - Black Redstart Pett Level, 1.5ml S.of Winchelsea, 10am on seawall 100m E.of pools + Snow Bunting.

SUSSEX - Bittern Rye Hbr NR Long Pit. Ringtail H.Harrier Pett Level +j Msh Harrier, 4 Brent Geese.

WARWICKSHIRE - Waxwing Nuneaton off B4114 Lutterworth Rd by 87 Golf Drive SP387902.

WEST YORKSHIRE - Blk Redstart Horbury Swg Wks from f/pth by R.Calder.

WEST YORKSHIRE - Bittern. Wintersett Resr, 4.30pm in boathouse reeds.

WEST YORKSHIRE - 8 Waxwing Huddersfield 8.55am in Jim Lane, Marsh, from layby by playarea.

WEST YORKSHIRE - 2 Waxwing Leeds on A647 Armley Rd W.of prison (SE279336).

WORCESTERSHIRE - 3 Waxwing. Kidderminster, late am E.of Worcester Rd in gdns by Severn Valley Railway (SO832752).


 
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Interesting, I'm guessing here so remember I'm a novice,

PbBrent and DbBrent. Is that pure bred (Pd) and domestic (Db)?

I also note from Collins, that there are three natural variations of brent From Sweden, Russia and N. America.

Will I ever get the hang of Geese and Ducks?

I'm not sure but I'm sure I'll enjoy trying.

Mike
 
Thanks redwing,

thats just the kind of thing I need to know, another mistake I won't make.

There must be a classified list of abbreviations I need to learn?

Thanks for link too,

Cheers,

Mike
 
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