World Trip Reports

UK Sightings - Monday 20 January 2003



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ANGLESEY:- Holyhead Hbr 4 Purple Sandpiper + 2 RTDiver.

ANGLESEY:- Trearddur Bay juv Surf Scoter off B4545, shows best from mast on headland on S.side of bay SH255788 + 2 Purple Sand.

ANGUS:- Arbroath Waxwing am on Safeway r/bout.

AYRSHIRE:- Troon Hbr 1w Iceland Gull pm by fish market.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Milton Keynes 2 Waxwing 1pm on Isaacson Drive/Fyfield Barrow jctn.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Dogsthorpe Tip 2w Mediterranean Gull

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Farcet Fen 8 Tree Sparrow in adj garden.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm drk American Wigeon pm + drk GwTeal, drk Smew, European WfGoose, 2 PfGeese, 2 Peregrine, esc Cackling Canada Goose.

CORNWALL:- Hayle est drk American Wigeon pm at Copperhouse Creek + 3 Med Gull, Slav Grebe, 2 Blk-t Godwit.

CORNWALL:- Sennen Cove Little Auk briefly early pm + 2 Blk Guillemot.

CUMBRIA:- Talkin Tarn (NY545586) 3+ Smew mid a/noon but no sign Lsr Scaup.

DERBYSHIRE:- Ashbourne POSS Rough-legged Buzzard RPTD 4.40pm low W.over A515 at Darley Moor.

DERBYSHIRE:- Chesterfield 8 Waxwing 3.30pm on Birdholme Club Field.

DERBYSHIRE:- SW of Swarkestone PROB fem Lesser Scaup 5.5ml S.of Derby RPTD 12.45pm off A514 on sailing lake in NW cnr SK364278.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) Glossy Ibis pm + 3 Spoonbill, L.Egret, Firecrest.

DORSET:- Hamworthy 3(2ad,1w) Mediterranean Gull am at Ham Pk.

DORSET:- Portland Bill 5 Short-eared Owl pm.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Beverley 29 Waxwing 2.30pm on A1035 Hull Bridge Rd still.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Hull drk Ring-necked Duck pm East Park Lake by feeding area.

ESSEX:- Colchester 14 Waxwing 9.30am in Asda c/pk by store entrance.

ESSEX:- Pitsea 15 Waxwing by Tesco petrol stn.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Offerton 200+ Brambling in Woodbank Pk.

HAMPSHIRE:- Petersfield Whitethroat 4pm calling in private gdn on Herne Farm Estate then flew to adj gdns.

HIGHLAND:- 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge Great Grey Shrike by B970 in clearing by old tarmac rd opp Tomachrochar Fm.

ISLE OF MAN:- Derbyhaven Bay Little Auk + 5 Eider.

ISLE OF MAN:- Ramsey 1w male Black Redstart 12.40pm (for 2nd day).

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Little Auk 4.15pm in Porthcressa.

KENT:- Kemsing 5 Waxwing 2ml NNE of Sevenoaks off Dynes Rd opp 9 Oxenhill Rd TQ543587.

LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake ad Mediterranean Gull 1.25pm on grass by cafe.

LANCASHIRE:- Heysham Power Stn 3(2ad) Little Gull off outfalls + 2ad Med Gull Morecambe Battery c/pk. Ad YlGull Lancaster Tip + DbBrent Goose Aldcliffe Marsh.

LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT European White-fronted Goose with 6k PfGeese, 5 Barnacle Geese, 100+Ruff, 3 Buzzard. Firecrest by Janet Kear Hide still.

LANCASHIRE:- Marton Mere 4 Bittern evng in reeds at W.end.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- 2ml WNW of Grimsby 6+ Waxwing at Great Coates off A180 by 81 Woad Lane TA243108.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- RAF Cranwell 1w Rose-col Starling 3ml NW of Sleaford 11.05am in Flowerdown Ave.

LOTHIAN:- Dunbar 4 Waxwing 3pm on Summerfield Rd nr grammar school.

LOTHIAN:- Musselburgh 60 Waxwing nr railway stn in Clayknowes Crescent.

MERSEYSIDE:- Ainsdale Beach 2 Little Stint N.of Shore Rd + 7 Snow Bunting.

MERSEYSIDE:- Hilbre Island 20+Pale-bellied Brent Goose am + DbBrent W.Kirby + 23 Pintail S.

NORFOLK:- 1ml N.of Thetford 2 Waxwing 9.30am by A11 bypass nr Croxton jctn TL875855.

NORFOLK:- 1ml SSW of Kings Lynn 8 Waxwing off Wisbech Rd in Proctors Close TF615186 (3rd day).

NORFOLK:- Abbey Farm, Flitcham Rough-legged Buzzard 2.30pm but distant.

NORFOLK:- Cley 2 Water Pipit 9.35am in fld E.of E.Bank.

NORFOLK:- Gorleston 7 Little Gull offshore am + 15 Kittiwake.

NORFOLK:- Little Snoring Airfield Rough-legged Buzzard 3.5ml NE of Fakenham 12.55pm at N.end viewed from beet pad by rd + 2 Buzzard.

NORFOLK:- Lynford Arboretum 10 Crossbill

NORFOLK:- Thorpe St.Andrew 15+ Waxwing 11.35am on Dussindale Drive btw 2nd + 3rd r/bouts TG277097.

NORFOLK:- Whitlingham CP Scaup

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- New Earswick Firecrest 1.20pm in silver birch by c/pk bhnd Lock Cottage.

4 Waxwing N.of York 3.30pm bhnd 54 Willowbank + 15 Tree Sparrow.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Nosterfield NR Tundra Bean Goose 6ml NNW of Ripon off B6267 pm.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2.5ml ENE of Mansfield 2pm on Newlands Rd off Lime Gove (SK576622) nr concrete troughs.

ORKNEY:- Holm 2yr White-tailed Eagle 1.5ml S.of Kirkwall Airport in flds nr Hunclett. Ad Iceland Gull Stromness Hbr.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit 1pm at Birley Edge on Skew Hill 3 flds W.of derelict bldg SK330932. Off A6102 Oughtibridge-Grenoside rd.

2 Waxwing at Prince of Wales Rd/Fairleigh jctn.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Belvide Resr 3w Iceland Gull from 4.40pm + 40 Goosander, 51 Goldeneye.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Weeping Cross Waxwing 2ml SE of Stafford pm by surgery.

STRATHCLYDE:- 1.5ml S.of Glasgow 10 Waxwing in Govanhill on B763 Calder St by health cntr NS587627.

SUFFOLK:- Great Cornard 5 Waxwing 1.30pm at Kempson Drive/Eldred Drive jctn.

SUFFOLK:- Haverhill 2 Waxwing noon opp mini r/bout on Shetland Rd on Chalkstone Way.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB drk Ferruginous Duck + 2 Whooper Swan.

SUFFOLK:- Santon Downham 500+ Brambling in St Helens Well c/pk.

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

SURREY:- Staines Resr Black-throated Diver North basin.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Netherton Waxwing 1ml S.of Dudley 1.30pm opp Kwik Save.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Huddersfield Waxwing late am on Jim Lane in Marsh.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- St Ives Lesser Spotted Woodpecker + 6 Goosander. 30 Crossbill Bingley golfcourse.


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