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Last update @ 1932hrs
*ALERT - BOU Announcement* - The Snowy Egret present in W+SW Scotland from 5th Nov 2001 until 17th Sep 2002 has been accepted on to Cat A of the British List. As the press release states this bird may still be in Britain as it has 'gone missing' for a long period in the past. Keep your eyes peeled!!
ORK 1w Rufous Turtle Dove Stromness, 8.30am at bottom of Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house.
NORF fem Two-barred Crossbill. Sandringham, 8am in 1st c/pk in last bay before No Entry Signs + 21 Crossbill, Hawfinch.
BEDS Slavonian Grebe. Priory CP, 8.30-9.30am at least from N.shore twds E.end of main lake + drk Goosander, drk RcPochard, 2 Siskin.
BERKS 2 redhead Smew. Hurst Green GPs.
CAMBS drk American Wigeon. Ouse Washes - Oxlode, am (NO FTHR DETAILS).
BEDS f Ferrug Duck Elstow claypits 9.25am.
CAMBS ringtail Hen Harrier Farcet Fen am + 3f/imm Stonechat, Grey Partridge.
NORF Sooty Shearwater Sheringham, E.by 10am + 3 L.Gull, 5
Scaup.
NORF 12 wild swans on E.side of A149 8.20am viewed from Potter Heigham Bridge.
LINCS 1w Rose-col Starling. RAF Cranwell - 3ml NW of Sleaford, in back garden of 10 Flowerdown Avenue.
NRF 1+Mealy Redpoll Buckenham Stn 10.20am but flew E. 4 taiga Bean Geese over Buckenham RSPB W.@ 9.15am. 2 W.Pipit here + 2 Stonechat, Peregrine.
ORK ad Ring-billed Gull. Stromness, mid am by golf course + ad Iceland Gull in Stromness Hbr.
E.YKS fem Ring-necked Duck. N.Cave GPs, am on Pit.5. Pits off Townend Lane, N.Cave.
BEDS 2(1drk) Smew. Willington GPs, on bypass side of main lake in large bay.
SUSX Great Grey Shrike. Arundel WWT, late am, approach from Arundel Mill Stream + go E.on riverbank for 300m to view area to N.
HANTS Great Grey Shrike. New Forest, late am by Verely Hill c/pk
(SU195053) but flew SW twds Vales Moor.
FLINTS imm Long-tailed Duck Shotwick on Rifle Range Pool at SJ298722 + Water Rail.
KENT RTDiver Wierton Hill Resr (slightly oiled).
H/LAND 4 Waxwing. Tain, 11.30am on cotoneaster on Scotsburn Rd E.of A9 in centre of village.
S.YKS 2 LEOwl Old Moor NR + 4 Goosander, 2 Pintail.
CAMBS White Stork. Cottenham - at Long Drove, 11.50am on flooded pools.
BERKS 4(2drk) Pintail. Burnthouse Lane GPs, + 4 f/imm Goldeneye, 75 Pochard.
WARKS BTDiver Draycote Water + 2 GNDiver, Slav Grebe, PROB Sibe Chiffchaff at Toft Bay by new hide with Chiffchaff.
W.YKS BTDiver Pugney's CP on boating lake.
DORS 3 Velvet Scoter past Portland Bill am.
NORF Waxwing Brundall, around cricket ground.
HANTS 28 Crossbill Woolmer, S.of cpk am + Lsr Spotted Woodpecker in area.
SURR fem Ring-n Duck Bourne Hall Lake, Ewell Village, at noon.
A/DEENS 15 Waxwing. Aberdeen, 11.30am in trees at Summer St/Skene St jctn.
NBLND 4 Waxwing Morpeth 12.30 commuting btw Safeway c/pk + Jet Garage.
LANCS fem Ferruginous Duck. Martin Mere WWT, 1.15pm from optics shop + 100 Ruff on reserve.
LINCS juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Worlaby Carrs - 3ml N.of Brigg, 1pm over flds by Carr Lane.
NBLND m Hen Harrier Grindon Lough NY806677, 1.35pm +Peregrine, 7 Goldeneye.
CHESH 1+W.Pipit Neston Old Quay +2 L.Egret.
IOM Slav Grebe Derbyhaven Bay, 12.30pm off breakwater + GNDiver, RbMerg, drk LtDuck.
M/SIDE ad Med Gull New Brighton Marine Lake. 4 Snow Bunting 50m W.of lifeguard stn, Harrison Drive.
DORS Slav Grebe Mudeford Quay 10am off c/pk.
DORS Whooper Swan Christchurch 9am on floods with Bewick's Swan, Pintail (NO DETAILS).
BERKS 2 drk Red-crested Pochard Searles Lane, Burghfield GPs.
CAMS 2Green Sand Padholme Pumping Stn +9 Redshank
CAMS imm Scaup Priors Fen with 86+Pochard, Turnstone, 48+Dunlin, Whooper Swan, 4 Goldeneye.
NRF Knot Whitlingham CP 1.40pm +10 Dunlin, Redshank
G.MCR Bittern. Wigan Flashes, pm from Moss Bridge at edge of reeds when looking twds spit.
CAMBS 1w Great Grey Shrike. SE of Duxford - NW of Hinxton, 1.30pm by R.Cam btw water mill + railway.
WARKS 2 PROB Mealy Redpoll. Rugby, in priv gdn.
CORN 1w RcStarling Goldsithney in gdns N.of B3280 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).
CORN Y/DAY 3 Crane RPTD St.Hilary NE of Goldsithney.
NORF Woodcock Wiveton Down + 30 Ruff in ploughed fld on opp side of rd.
NOTTS Rough-legged Buzzard. Idle Valley, UNCONFIRMED REPORT at undisclosed location!
SUSX Pom Skua E.past Brighton Marina am + BnGrebe W.+ ad YlGull here.
KENT 2 Goldeneye Sevenoaks NR + 73 Gadwall, 11+Wigeon.
KENT 5 Scaup Whitstable Bay, offshore pm + 10 Eider.
BERKS fem Goldeneye. Dinton Pastures, pm on Sandford Lake.
BERKS Red-necked Grebe. Woolhampton G.Pits, 10.30am.
NORF 2 Sooty Shearwater past Mundesley by 10am + GNDiver.
NORF Blk Redstart Sea Palling, seaward end Beach Rd by Lifeboat Pub.
CHESH drk Green-winged Teal. Inner Marsh Farm.
KENT 1+RTDiver Dungeness RSPB + several Smew, Marsh Harrier.
KENT ad Med Gull Bough Beech Resr in evng roost + ad L.Gull, 6 Goosander.
Last update @ 1932hrs
*ALERT - BOU Announcement* - The Snowy Egret present in W+SW Scotland from 5th Nov 2001 until 17th Sep 2002 has been accepted on to Cat A of the British List. As the press release states this bird may still be in Britain as it has 'gone missing' for a long period in the past. Keep your eyes peeled!!
ORK 1w Rufous Turtle Dove Stromness, 8.30am at bottom of Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house.
NORF fem Two-barred Crossbill. Sandringham, 8am in 1st c/pk in last bay before No Entry Signs + 21 Crossbill, Hawfinch.
BEDS Slavonian Grebe. Priory CP, 8.30-9.30am at least from N.shore twds E.end of main lake + drk Goosander, drk RcPochard, 2 Siskin.
BERKS 2 redhead Smew. Hurst Green GPs.
CAMBS drk American Wigeon. Ouse Washes - Oxlode, am (NO FTHR DETAILS).
BEDS f Ferrug Duck Elstow claypits 9.25am.
CAMBS ringtail Hen Harrier Farcet Fen am + 3f/imm Stonechat, Grey Partridge.
NORF Sooty Shearwater Sheringham, E.by 10am + 3 L.Gull, 5
Scaup.
NORF 12 wild swans on E.side of A149 8.20am viewed from Potter Heigham Bridge.
LINCS 1w Rose-col Starling. RAF Cranwell - 3ml NW of Sleaford, in back garden of 10 Flowerdown Avenue.
NRF 1+Mealy Redpoll Buckenham Stn 10.20am but flew E. 4 taiga Bean Geese over Buckenham RSPB W.@ 9.15am. 2 W.Pipit here + 2 Stonechat, Peregrine.
ORK ad Ring-billed Gull. Stromness, mid am by golf course + ad Iceland Gull in Stromness Hbr.
E.YKS fem Ring-necked Duck. N.Cave GPs, am on Pit.5. Pits off Townend Lane, N.Cave.
BEDS 2(1drk) Smew. Willington GPs, on bypass side of main lake in large bay.
SUSX Great Grey Shrike. Arundel WWT, late am, approach from Arundel Mill Stream + go E.on riverbank for 300m to view area to N.
HANTS Great Grey Shrike. New Forest, late am by Verely Hill c/pk
(SU195053) but flew SW twds Vales Moor.
FLINTS imm Long-tailed Duck Shotwick on Rifle Range Pool at SJ298722 + Water Rail.
KENT RTDiver Wierton Hill Resr (slightly oiled).
H/LAND 4 Waxwing. Tain, 11.30am on cotoneaster on Scotsburn Rd E.of A9 in centre of village.
S.YKS 2 LEOwl Old Moor NR + 4 Goosander, 2 Pintail.
CAMBS White Stork. Cottenham - at Long Drove, 11.50am on flooded pools.
BERKS 4(2drk) Pintail. Burnthouse Lane GPs, + 4 f/imm Goldeneye, 75 Pochard.
WARKS BTDiver Draycote Water + 2 GNDiver, Slav Grebe, PROB Sibe Chiffchaff at Toft Bay by new hide with Chiffchaff.
W.YKS BTDiver Pugney's CP on boating lake.
DORS 3 Velvet Scoter past Portland Bill am.
NORF Waxwing Brundall, around cricket ground.
HANTS 28 Crossbill Woolmer, S.of cpk am + Lsr Spotted Woodpecker in area.
SURR fem Ring-n Duck Bourne Hall Lake, Ewell Village, at noon.
A/DEENS 15 Waxwing. Aberdeen, 11.30am in trees at Summer St/Skene St jctn.
NBLND 4 Waxwing Morpeth 12.30 commuting btw Safeway c/pk + Jet Garage.
LANCS fem Ferruginous Duck. Martin Mere WWT, 1.15pm from optics shop + 100 Ruff on reserve.
LINCS juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Worlaby Carrs - 3ml N.of Brigg, 1pm over flds by Carr Lane.
NBLND m Hen Harrier Grindon Lough NY806677, 1.35pm +Peregrine, 7 Goldeneye.
CHESH 1+W.Pipit Neston Old Quay +2 L.Egret.
IOM Slav Grebe Derbyhaven Bay, 12.30pm off breakwater + GNDiver, RbMerg, drk LtDuck.
M/SIDE ad Med Gull New Brighton Marine Lake. 4 Snow Bunting 50m W.of lifeguard stn, Harrison Drive.
DORS Slav Grebe Mudeford Quay 10am off c/pk.
DORS Whooper Swan Christchurch 9am on floods with Bewick's Swan, Pintail (NO DETAILS).
BERKS 2 drk Red-crested Pochard Searles Lane, Burghfield GPs.
CAMS 2Green Sand Padholme Pumping Stn +9 Redshank
CAMS imm Scaup Priors Fen with 86+Pochard, Turnstone, 48+Dunlin, Whooper Swan, 4 Goldeneye.
NRF Knot Whitlingham CP 1.40pm +10 Dunlin, Redshank
G.MCR Bittern. Wigan Flashes, pm from Moss Bridge at edge of reeds when looking twds spit.
CAMBS 1w Great Grey Shrike. SE of Duxford - NW of Hinxton, 1.30pm by R.Cam btw water mill + railway.
WARKS 2 PROB Mealy Redpoll. Rugby, in priv gdn.
CORN 1w RcStarling Goldsithney in gdns N.of B3280 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).
CORN Y/DAY 3 Crane RPTD St.Hilary NE of Goldsithney.
NORF Woodcock Wiveton Down + 30 Ruff in ploughed fld on opp side of rd.
NOTTS Rough-legged Buzzard. Idle Valley, UNCONFIRMED REPORT at undisclosed location!
SUSX Pom Skua E.past Brighton Marina am + BnGrebe W.+ ad YlGull here.
KENT 2 Goldeneye Sevenoaks NR + 73 Gadwall, 11+Wigeon.
KENT 5 Scaup Whitstable Bay, offshore pm + 10 Eider.
BERKS fem Goldeneye. Dinton Pastures, pm on Sandford Lake.
BERKS Red-necked Grebe. Woolhampton G.Pits, 10.30am.
NORF 2 Sooty Shearwater past Mundesley by 10am + GNDiver.
NORF Blk Redstart Sea Palling, seaward end Beach Rd by Lifeboat Pub.
CHESH drk Green-winged Teal. Inner Marsh Farm.
KENT 1+RTDiver Dungeness RSPB + several Smew, Marsh Harrier.
KENT ad Med Gull Bough Beech Resr in evng roost + ad L.Gull, 6 Goosander.
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