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uk sightings saturday 22nd february 2003 (1 Viewer)

Steve

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ABERDEENSHIRE:- Aberdeen 6 Waxwing at Bedford Place.

BEDFORD:- Brogborough Lake ad Iceland Gull 12.30pm.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- 2ml N.of Cambridge 14 Waxwing 9.30am @ Kings Hedges Road & then Cambridge Regional College @ 10am.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Star Pit, Dogsthorpe 3w Iceland Gull 2.15pm.

CHESHIRE:- Marbury CP 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

CLWYD:- Bodafon Fields 7 Woodlark just E.of Llandudno but elusive.

CO.DURHAM:- Chester-le-Street 48 Waxwing 2pm off Waldridge Rd on Warkworth Drive.

CORNWALL:- Hayle Estuary RSPB ad drk American Wigeon still at high tide by Old Quayhouse Inn.

CUMBRIA:- Ravenglass drk Green-winged Teal on Esk Est.

DEVON:- 3ml S.of Barnstaple Tundra Bean Goose 1ml S.of Bishop's Tawton in flds off A377 with Mute Swan.

DEVON:- Barnstaple ad Ring-billed Gull 10.20 in Seven Brethren Lorry Park.

DEVON:- Isley Marsh RSPB drk Green-winged Teal in overspill pond beyond embankment SS488326 @ 11.45.

DEVON:- SE.of Topsham Glossy Ibis 10.20am in ditch S.of Bowling Green Marsh RSPB hide.

DORSET:- Poole Hbr Black Brant in Middlebere Channel with 400 Brents, 700 Avocet, Bewick's Swan.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Loch Ryan 1w Iceland Gull @ burn mouth on E.side of Stranraer @ sewage outfall + GNDiver, 6 Slav Grebe.

2w drk King Eider 5ml N.of Stranraer offshore from c/pk on A77 N.of Cairnryan.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Milton Loch (NX839715) 2 drk Lesser Scaup 9ml WSW of Dumfries still.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Leven Tip 2w Glaucous Gull 1.20pm.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Withernsea ad Mediterranean Gull c2.10pm btw bungalows & caravan park. 6 Whooper Swan Long Bank marsh. 10 Snow Bunting Beacon Ponds.

ESSEX:- Great Holland Rough-legged Buzzard hunting over valley. viewed looking NW.along valley from Great Holland Pits NR.

ESSEX:- Pitsea 27 Waxwing bhd the market.

GLAMORGAN:- Lisvane Resr drk Redhead 3.5ml N.of Cardiff 9.45am (permits 4 GBP from on site warden) + c350 Pochard.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Forest of Dean Little Bunting N.of Tidenham Chase at The Park by pool S.of obelisk ST554992.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Slimbridge WWT juv Lesser White-fronted Goose 10am from South Finger Hides.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Eccles 15 Waxwing by Mary Magdalen church briefly.

HAMPSHIRE:- 1ml E.of Cheesefoot Hd Black Kite 10.45am at Gander Down + Red Kite.

HAMPSHIRE:- Curbridge 7 Greenshank @ low tide this morning + Com Sand, Buzzard, sev.L.Egret.

HAMPSHIRE:- Hook with Warsash ad Mediterranean Gull + G/shank, 4 Blk-t Godwit, 2 L.Egret.

HAMPSHIRE:- Lakeside CP drk Goosander + Crossbill W.@ 8.37 & J.Snipe in marshy area + 6 Snipe.

HAMPSHIRE:- Langstone Hbr 3 Twite 1pm @ South Moors on shingle & pools in field + ad.Med Gull, L.Egret.

HEREFORD:- N.side of Ledbury 5 Waxwing in trees on edge of New Mills Estate SO705386.

HERTFORDSHIRE:- Cheshunt 2 Waxwing 3/4ml N.of Railway Stn in Turnford Brook c/pk TL366036.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- Tresco fem American Wigeon on Gt Pool + 6 Whooper Swan am.

KENT:- 600m W.of Sandwich bypass Great Grey Shrike 10am c600yds W.of A256 bypass on S.side of A257 in hawthorn scrub bhd poplars.

KENT:- Denge Marsh 2 Taiga Bean Goose

KENT:- Elmley RSPB Rough-legged Buzzard over Counterwall Hide twd Caple Fleet @ 3.15pm.

KENT:- Scotney GPs 5 Tundra Bean Goose am + 200 European WfGeese, 2+ RTDiver, L.Stint.

LANCASHIRE:- Bolton male Blackcap 10am off Blackburn Rd feeding @ feeding station.

LANCASHIRE:- Morecambe 11 Waxwing @ jnct of Clarendon Road & Regent Street 9.30am.

LANCASHIRE:- N.side of Cockerham Moss Ross's Goose 11.50 near Mill House off Gulf Lane.

LANCASHIRE:- SW of Cockerham white ad Ross's Goose 9amnr Sweetings Farm with PfGeese, Barnacle Goose, hybrid Barnacle Goose SD447505.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- RAF Cranwell 1w Rose-col Starling 3ml NW of Sleaford 12.38 often on Flowerdown Ave.

LOTHIAN:- Edinburgh 50 Waxwing by Costco on A701 S.of city bypass.

MORAY:- Lossiemouth 18 Waxwing on S.side by houses on S.side of playing field off Elgin Road.

NORFOLK:- Cley Black Brant on E.side of East Bank with 500+ Brent 10.30am.

Pale-bellied Brent Goose on E.side of East Bank with c500 Dark-b Brent.

NORFOLK:- Dereham Lesser Spotted Woodpecker church in willow along Ted Ellis Walk + Kingfisher.

NORFOLK:- Gt Yarmouth 3 Waxwing cemy N.section by gate @ E.wall.

NORFOLK:- Holkham 2 ad Greenland White-fronted Goose just E.of Lady Ann's Drive. Nearby 16 Pale-b Brent Stiffkey Fen.

NORFOLK:- Holkham Gap 25 Shorelark saltings + 90+ Twite there & 6 RBMerg offshore.

NORFOLK:- Holkham Park 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming by monument + 3 Tawny Owls: 1 by monument & 2 in 3rd Holm Oak.

NORFOLK:- Holme fem American Wigeon 10.20am on Redwell Marsh.

NORFOLK:- Holme NWT 2 Shorelark @ Gore Point mid a/noon + 38 Snow Bunting.

NORFOLK:- Hunstanton Black Redstart 400yds S.of jetski ramp around holiday bungalows.

NORFOLK:- just West of Burnham Overy Mill Short-eared Owl 10.35am on either side of A149.

NORFOLK:- Lynford Arboretum 2 Hawfinch

NORFOLK:- Lynford GPs drk Ferruginous Duck 8.10am from by green hide TL819947.

NORFOLK:- Sparham Pits 6(2drk) Goosander 1.30pm.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Campsite Wood Yellow-browed Warbler 8.40am by the crosstracks.

NORFOLK:- Taverham GPs Slavonian Grebe 8.45am on windsurfing pit on right of Anglian Water approach track.

NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB 2 Woodcock 1.48pm btw vis.cntr + c/pk.

NORFOLK:- Welney WWT Short-eared Owl by road S.of visitor centre.

NORFOLK:- Wolferton 2 male Golden Pheasant Wolferton Triangle 11.15am + 15+ LTDuck Holme off Gore Pt.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- North Shields ad Glaucous Gull 1.55pm on fish quay shed roof.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2.5ml ENE of Mansfield off Lime Grove on Newlands Rd SK576622.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Rainworth 40 Waxwing @ Curzon Close off Southwell Road, till 1.20pm at least.

OXFORDSHIRE:- Dix Pit 2(ad, 3yr) ad Caspian Gull 1.30pm.

SOMERSET:- Herriotts Bridge ad Ring-billed Gull 3.30pm.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit at Birley Edge in 1st fld W.of derelict building 11.45am.

45 Waxwing on Carrfield Street, Heeley Green till 2pm.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Wath Upon Dearne 5 Waxwing midday on Saville Road on single cotoneaster.

SUFFOLK:- Barton Mills 12 Waxwing 11.35am on A11 r/bout TL425613 then flew South.

SUFFOLK:- Levington Marina 2(1drk) Red-breasted Merganser

SUFFOLK:- Santon Downham 240 Brambling am in St Helens Well c/pk by playarea.

SURREY:- Bourne Hall Lake fem Ring-necked Duck Ewell Village 9am (TQ219628).

SUSSEX:- Brighton Marina Sandwich Tern past this am.

SUSSEX:- Cuckmere Haven 4 Tundra Bean Goose 7.55am 400yds N.of Golden Galleon pub + ad.Med Gull on S.side of pub.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Wolverhampton 6 Waxwing off Hordern Rd on Farndale Ave SJ901001.

WILDLIFE:- NORF Adder hills above vis.centre late am (3 Y/Day).




 
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