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Competition
BEDFORD:- Brogborough Lake 1w Glaucous Gull evng roost + 46 Goldeneye.
ad Iceland Gull 1.50pm.
BEDFORD:- Elstow claypits fem Ferruginous Duck
CHESHIRE:- nr Shocklach Hall (SJ433480) 7 Whooper Swan 9.30am to W.of minor rd.
DORSET:- Hatch Pond, Poole Bittern am + Chiffchaff.
ESSEX:- Cudmore Grove CP Shorelark Mersea Island + GNDiver, 12 Twite, Spot Redshank, 2 Barnacle Geese.
GLAMORGAN:- Kenfig Pool NNR Bittern
GLAMORGAN:- Salt Lake Porthcawl Taverner's Canada Goose UNCONFIRMED REPORT + Med Gull.
GTR. MANCHESTER:- Ashworth Moor Resr 2 drk Goosander 9.15am.
ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Martin's Black Duck 2-3pm in Great Bay close inshore with 20 Mallard.
KINROSS:- Vane Farm RSPB drk Green-winged Teal 1pm from Carden Hide + L.Egret.
LEICESTERSHIRE:- Groby Pool (SK521082) 3 ad Caspian Gull 4ml NW of Leicester rptd + Slav Grebe.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Huttoft 6 Tundra Bean Goose 1/4ml N.of Huttoft Pit. Bittern Huttoft Pit + Cetti's Wblr.
LONDON:- Regent's Park 4w Caspian Gull from 2pm on lake + Firecrest in Leafyard Wood.
NORFOLK:- Acle Waxwing 11am on Old rd nr jctn with A1064, 400m N.of A47 r/bout.
NORFOLK:- Warham Greens juv Pallid Harrier 3.50pm in evng roost but distant (TF945445) + 2+ringtail Hen Harrier, Merlin, 18 L.Egret.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Blubberhouses 150+ Brambling to N.on Hardlisty Hill.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Bolton Abbey 25 Mandarin on R.Wharfe, Strid Gorge (SE063564).
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Filey Brigg Little Auk past am + V.Scoter, Puffin.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Colwick CP Sibe Chiffchaff by woods at E.end of racecourse.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2ml E.of Mansfield by bridleway 200m W.of Newlands Rd (SK578621).
ORKNEY:- Stromness ad Ring-billed Gull by golfclub.
SHETLAND:- Loch of Hillwell drk American Wigeon + drk GwTeal, 6 Tundra Bean Geese in bare fld N.of loch. Drk American Wigeon Loch of Spiggie.
SHETLAND:- Sumburgh Head 732 Little Auk S.past 10.35am-1.15pm.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Rother Valley CP Firecrest by visitor cntr in bushes.
STAFFORDSHIRE:- Handsacre Great Grey Shrike pm E.of B5014 bridge + Barn Owl, Water Rail.
SUFFOLK:- Benacre Broad Black-necked Grebe + redhead Smew, 2 Scaup. 2ad YlGull in fld by Covehithe Church.
SUFFOLK:- Kessingland imm Dark phase Pomarine Skua 9.15am on sea + 25 Snow Bunting on beach.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Ilkley 3 Waxwing on Cunliffe Rd SE115476 off Bolton Bridge Rd off A65. In tall trees bhnd Clarke Foley Centre + berry trees nr toilets. Also f Blackcap, Redwing.