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UK Sightings - Tuesday 17 December



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Last update from Ralph @ 0818hrs (18/12)

ANGLESEY - drk LtDuck Cable Bay nr Rhosneigr, + 14 Goldeneye. 5 Scaup Rhosneigr Bay + 12 Goldeneye.

AYRSHIRE - 1w Iceland Gull. Troon Hbr, pm.

BERKSHIRE - redhead Smew. Twyford G.Pits - on Park Lane Pit, 8am.

BERKSHIRE - 2 drk Red-crested Pochard. Burnthouse Lane GPs, am + Dunlin on spit, 5 f/imm Goldeneye.

BERKSHIRE - Water Rail. Lavell's Lake, calling 8.20am + 3 Snipe.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 300+ Bewick's Swan. White Fen, but the POSSIBLE Whistling Swan is a Bewick's with a muddy beak!

CAMBRIDGESHIRE - Great Grey Shrike. W.side of Hinxton, on wires over fldw by river. Pk at level crossing btw Hinxton + Ickleton & go N.on pth E.of railway.

CHESHIRE - Bittern. Moore NR, 9am in E.Reedbed showing well.

CORNWALL - 1w Rose-col Starling. Goldsithney - 1ml E.of Marazion, in gdns N.of B3280 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).

CORNWALL - ad Ring-billed Gull. Marazion, 9.15am on beach at Red River mouth.

DEVON - Y/DAY - ad Little Egret. Cockwood, 11am on Cockwood Marshes twds Cofton.

DEVON - Glossy Ibis Bowling Green Marsh, in at 4.15pm + 4 Spoonbill.

DORSET - 5 Short-eared Owl. Portland Bill, + 2 RTDiver offshore + 26 C.Scoter.

EAST YORKSHIRE - 40+Twite Grimston in clifftop stubble + Snow Bunting. 5 SEOwl in Rimswell area.

EAST YORKSHIRE - Slav Grebe N.Cave GPs 1.10pm on Pit.5.

ESSEX - ad Ring-billed Gull. Westcliff-on-sea, 1.10pm by Casino + 4(2.1w,2.2w)Med Gull.

GLAMORGAN - Siberian Chiffchaff. Pen Clawdd Sewage Wks.

GLAMORGAN - drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815) , pm + Cetti's Wblr.

HAMPSHIRE - 6 Hawfinch. Blackwater Arboretum (SU268047) , pm.

ISLE OF MAN - 1w Crane. Kionlough, 2ml N.of Ramsey, 12.45pm in flds on seawardside of rd.

KENT - POSSIBLE Booted Eagle, Minster Marshes RPTD in area 11.45-12.45 then flew SSE twds Sandwich.

KENT - 120 Red-throated Diver. Dungeness, E.past am + 6 Eider, 2w Med Gull on beach.

KENT - ad Mediterranean Gull. Bough Beech Resr, in evng roost.

KENT - 2 Bittern. Stodmarsh NNR, + 11 L.Egret, 4 Msh Harrier, 2 Hen Harrier, 6+Cetti's Wblr, Chiffchaff.

KENT - Water Pipit. Grove Ferry, + 35 Pintail, Stonechat. WfGoose btw Grove Ferry + Seaton. 3(1drk)Smew Seaton GPs + 2 L.Egret.

KENT RnGrebe Scotney GPs + GNDiver, RTDiver.

KENT - Red Kite Pegwell Bay N.@ 11.45am.

KENT - Hen Harrier Worth Marsh + L.Egret.

KENT - Hen Harrier. Sandwich Bay, + Merlin, 2 Water Rail, Sandwich Tern, Rock Pipit, 22 Tree Sparrow.

KENT - 17 Mediterranean Gull. Copt Point - Folkestone, early a/noon.

KENT - 2 LtDuck Dungeness new diggings. 23 Smew on RSPB reserve.

KENT - 3(1drk) Red-crested Pochard. New Hythe GPs, on Leybourne Lakes complex + 4(2drk) Smew.

KENT - j RlBuzzard Harty Marshes 11am + Peregrine.

KENT - Purple Sand Leysdown 12.30pm with Turnstones on groynes.

KENT - 2 Tundra Bean Geese Denge Marsh Rd 1.50pm + 2 Bewicks + 8 Whooper Swan.

LANARKSHIRE - drk Green-winged Teal. Barons Haugh RSPB, pm on ice in front of Centenary Hide.

LANCASHIRE - Hawfinch Woodwell 12.34 nr house called Fir Trees.

LANCASHIRE - 1w male Hen Harrier. 2ml E.of Slaidburn, N.of Black Moss Farm + SEOwl (SD745524).

LANCASHIRE - Bittern Martin Mere WWT + 2 Firecrest along nature trail.

LANCASHIRE - Bittern. Marton Mere, + 2 Whooper Swan, Woodcock, 3 Pintail.

LANCASHIRE - 39 Crossbill Thrushgill Plntn, 4ml SE of Wray, 1pm in larches by entrance gate.

LANCASHIRE - 8 RTDiver Starr Gate, Blackpool, N.@ 8.30am.

LANCASHIRE - 1w Night Heron Ribble Valley 2/3ml S.of Ribchester on NE side of Old Park Wood in tree on E.bank of R.Ribble, view from by swg wks (SD652345).

LANCASHIRE - 4 Velvet Scoter. Morecambe, 9.52am flew into inner bay.

LANCASHIRE - drk GwTeal Martin Mere WWT Miller's Bridge Hide. Firecrest nr Janet Kear Hide showing well, 125+Ruff on Mere. No sign Ferruginous Duck yet.

LANCASHIRE - imm male Hen Harrier. Stocks Resr, over hill opp hide + Goosander, 8 Goldeneye, 40+Siskin over.

LONDON - 1w Caspian Gull. Beddington SF, + ad Med Gull, Peregrine.

MERSEYSIDE - 2 Snow Bunting. Wallasey, 2pm SW of lifeguard stn.

NORFOLK - fem Surf Scoter. Sea Palling, 9.20am in 1st bay N.of lifeboat stn showing well with Eider.

NORFOLK - ad Little Gull. Northrepps, in ploughed fld by airstrip.

NORFOLK - Yellow-browed Warbler. Stiffkey campsite, 2.30pm in Woods.

NORFOLK - RTDiver Wells Hbr +1w Shag, f Eider.

NORFOLK - 135 Bewick's Swan SW of Catfield on W.side Ludham Rd +40 Whooper.

NORFOLK - 2500 PfGeese Waxham +7 Barnacles 3 L.Gull Sea Palling +V.Scoter.

NORFOLK - 30 Tree Sparrow Flitcham opp Abbey Fm.

NORFOLK - Great White Egret. Sea Palling, NW along beach at 10.30am. Fem Surf Scoter til 10.30am in 1st bay Nof lifeboat stn then swam bhnd reef.

NORFOLK - Barnacle Goose 1/2ml S.of Ringstead, with PfGeese W.of rd pm.

NORFOLK - f Surf Scoter Horsey Gap, 2.30pm S.of c/pk with C.Scoter.

NORFOLK - 12 Eider Sea Palling pm +Purple Sand. 82 WfGeese at Martham Broad.

NORFOLK - ad Ross's Goose S.of Brancaster Staithe 12.40 from rd to Barrow Common terminal.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - Sibe Chiffchaff. Colwick CP, + 4 Firecrest.

ORKNEY - ad Iceland Gull. Stromness Hbr, 10.45am by ferry

ORKNEY - ad Ring-billed Gull. Stromness, 9.57am on golfcourse by clubhouse.

ORKNEY - 1w Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, 8.25am at S.end of Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house (HY256098).

ORKNEY - 3+ Little Auk. btw Stromness + Old Man of Hoy, pm + Puffin.

OXFORDSHIRE - 1+Brambling Oxford with Chaffinches nr Headington Library. F Goosander Uni Parks.

OXFORDSHIRE - 3(1drk) Red-b Merganser Wolvercote Bridge.

SHETLAND - ad Iceland Gull Haroldswick in fld by Unst Heritage Centre.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 6 Goldeneye. Broomhill Flash, + PfGoose.

SUFFOLK - Hen Harrier Minsmere RSPB + Marsh Harrier, Bittern, 2 Ruff. RTDiver offshore + Guillemot.

SUFFOLK - 5 Little Auk. Kessingland, N.past.

SUFFOLK - Common Sandpiper. Lake Lothing.

SURREY - Firecrest Leith Hill Wood 9.15am.

SURREY - Great Northern Diver. King George VI Resr, + 13 Goldeneye.

WEST YORKSHIRE - j BTDiver Pugney's CP, am at least on S.side of main lake + 2 Kingfisher.

WEST YORKSHIRE - 7 Goosander Pontefract Park Lake 10am.

WEST YORKSHIRE - 2w Glaucous Gull New Swillington Ings W.@ 12.50pm Water pipit 1.20pm on swg wks filter beds.

WORCESTERSHIRE - ad Iceland Gull. Westwood Pool, til 8am then flew E. (PERMIT REQUIRED).


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