World Trip Reports

uk sightings friday 21st february 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL

ABERDEENSHIRE:- Aberdeen 20 Waxwing at Bedford Place.

ABERDEENSHIRE:- Forest of Birse Great Grey Shrike 4.5ml SSE of Aboyne pm on slope W.of Bogturk Burn viewed from NO554910.

AYRSHIRE:- Lendalfoot ad Glaucous Gull 6ml SW of Girvan from A77 layby.

BEDFORD:- 1.5ml SSE of Woburn Great Grey Shrike 1pm 100m SE of road to Potsgrove by A4012 on wires.

BEDFORD:- Brogborough Lake ad Iceland Gull 1.55pm at W.end on water.

BERKSHIRE:- Combe Gibbet 2 Raven 1pm in small valley by Gibbet + m Stonechat here.

BERKSHIRE:- Jubilee River NR Woodcock pm in fld bordered by river to N.+ A355 to E.

BERKSHIRE:- Queen Mother Resr Red-throated Diver 1.45pm on W.side of Resr.

BERKSHIRE:- Theale Main Pit Firecrest noon nr entrance to Sailing Club on W.side then flew twds club. Fem Smew in centre of lake + Scaup nr N.Bank.

BERKSHIRE:- Woolhampton 2 Little Owl in broken down tree L.of rd 200m S.of Row Barge Pub SU574663.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- 2ml N.of Cambridge 14 Waxwing in Select + Save c/pk on jctn of Kings Hedges Rd + Buchan St TL450614.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Cambridge Firecrest 8.10am in Girton in wood along track bhnd BirdLife International Office showing well.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- E.of March Farmers moulting drk American Wigeon noon 250m E.of 2nd stile before horse fld.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Star Pit, Dogsthorpe ad Iceland Gull 2pm.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm drk Smew + Spot Redshank. 145 PfGeese Burton Outer Marsh.

CHESHIRE:- Marbury CP Bittern + Water Rail.

CLEVELAND:- Guisborough 14 Waxwing 8.30am on A171 bypass.

CLEVELAND:- Hutton 6+ Waxwing 3pm in Sandwood Park.

CLWYD:- Little Orme male Black Redstart in top quarry.

CO.DURHAM:- Darlington 36 Waxwing 1pm btw Town Hall + Boyes store.

CORNWALL:- Bodmin Moor fem Ring-necked Duck on Dozmary Pool on E.side of minor rd 1.5ml S.of Jamaica Inn on A30 SX194745.

CUMBRIA:- Carr Beds 2 Green Sandpiper am + Jack Snipe, 78 Whooper Swan. 413 Scaup off viaduct pm + 68 Goldeneye.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) Glossy Ibis in fld past hide + 4 Spoonbill, 2 Ruff, Spot Redshank.

DORSET:- Corfe Mullen Tip ad Ring-billed Gull 2.5ml NW of Poole + 4 YlGull, 2ad Med Gull, leucistic H.Gull.

DORSET:- SE of Abbotsbury 6 Tundra Bean Goose on flooded flds by Swannery by road to Rodden + 10 European WfGeese.

DORSET:- St Alban's Head Chough 2.40pm around coastguards cottages then flew out of view.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Loch Ryan 2w drk King Eider 5ml N.of Stranraer offshore from c/pk on A77 N.of Cairnryan.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Slavonian Grebe 12.40pm from Singleton Hide.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Goole 17 Waxwing on Cheviot Ave by Steam Packet Pub.

ESSEX:- Colchester 3+ Waxwing on Cowdray Rd 200m from Ipswich Rd r/bout.

ESSEX:- Maldon several Waxwing on S.bypass btw Fambridge Rd + Spital Rd r/bout.

ESSEX:- Pitsea 12+ Waxwing 3.05pm in Aldi c/pk but mobile.

GLAMORGAN:- Lisvane Resr drk Redhead 3.5ml N.of Cardiff 1.30pm (permits 4 GBP from on site warden).

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Slimbridge WWT juv Lesser White-fronted Goose 9.56am from South Finger Hides with 168 WfGeese.

GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter 10.55am off W.end of prom + GNDiver, 5 Slav Grebe, 200 RTDiver.

GWYNEDD:- Pwllheli Marina 2 Little Egret

HAMPSHIRE:- 1ml E.of Cheesefoot Hd Black Kite 4pm at Gander Down + Red Kite.

HAMPSHIRE:- Blackgutter Bottom Great Grey Shrike early a/noon.

HAMPSHIRE:- Hook with Warsash 4 Knot 11-1pm + 1700 Dunlin, 79 Grey Plover, 50 Grey Plover.

HAMPSHIRE:- Lakeside CP drk Goosander 1.30pm on main lake.

HAMPSHIRE:- New Forest several Crossbill singing at Shatterford c/pk, Beaulieu Rd Station.

ISLE OF WIGHT:- Medina Estuary 3 Little Egret 1ml N.of Newport + 2 Blk-t Godwit.

KENT:- Scotney GPs 5 Tundra Bean Goose am + 200 European WfGeese, 3 RTDiver, redhead Smew.

KENT:- Stodmarsh NNR fem Marsh Harrier + 3 L.Egret. 2 Tree Sparrow on ridge btw Stodmarsh + Canterbury. Bearded Tit Grove Ferry.

LANCASHIRE:- Morecambe 5 Waxwing in Clarendon Road + ad Med Gull Battery c/pk.

LANCASHIRE:- S.of Carnforth 4 Waxwing RPTD 12.30pm at Crag Bank by railway on Jesson Way.

LONDON:- Brent Resr 1w drk Lesser Scaup SW of Hendon am at N.end below c/pk.

LOTHIAN:- Silverknowes 8 Slavonian Grebe + 187 Greylags. 2 Blk-t Godwit Cramond.

MERSEYSIDE:- Wango Lane NR Firecrest Aintree in shrubs bhnd new c/pk.

NORFOLK:- Barnhamcross Common Hawfinch 1ml S.of Thetford off A134 in trees by pumping stn TL870816 + 2 Goosander on river.

NORFOLK:- Blakeney Point 24 Snow Bunting + Merlin, 23 Rock Pipit.

NORFOLK:- Heacham 11 Snow Bunting 400m N.of N.Beach. 2 Purple Sand Hunstanton nr Jetski Ramp.

NORFOLK:- Lynford Arboretum 6 Hawfinch early am + 30 Crossbill.

NORFOLK:- Lynford GPs drk Ferruginous Duck 8.30am from by green hide TL819947.

NORFOLK:- Narborough Bittern 3pm at a confidential site.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Campsite Wood Yellow-browed Warbler 10.45am by the crosstracks.

NORFOLK:- Taverham GPs Slavonian Grebe by Taverham Lane.

NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB Woodcock in willows btw vis.cntr + c/pk.

NORFOLK:- Welney WWT Dark-breasted Barn Owl early am N.of visitor centre on posts showing well.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- New Earswick 4 Brambling York noon in Fireman's Leap + by N.f/pth of NR, NE of link rd r/bout with Chaffinches.

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

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Lound GPs Tundra Bean Goose RPTD at Neatholme Lane Pit + 6 WfGeese at Chainbridge Lane + 2 RcPochard, 15 Goosander, 6 Pintail.

OXFORDSHIRE:- Dix Pit 2 ad Caspian Gull early pm + 2ad YlGull.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Chapeltown Park 70+ Brambling am.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit at Birley Edge in 3rd fld W.of derelict building (one with 3 trees in centre).

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Pool Hall Fisheries several Tree Sparrow am + drk Mandarin, drk Goosander. No Sign GWEgret.

STRATHCLYDE:- 1.5ml S.of Glasgow 21 Waxwing off B763 Calder St bhnd health centre NS587627.

SUFFOLK:- Alton WP 2 redhead Smew + 7 Goosander, 3 Scaup, Med Gull.

SUFFOLK:- Barton Mills 10 Waxwing 7.45am on A11 r/bout TL728741.

SUFFOLK:- Ipswich 10 Waxwing 7.10am on Bury Rd just past KFC.

SUFFOLK:- Kessingland sluice Dartford Warbler 2.15pm. 3 Scaup Benacre Pits.

SUFFOLK:- Lantern Marshes 2 juv Rough-legged Buzzard 1.38pm from seawall N.of Orford + Peregrine.

SUFFOLK:- Levington Marina 2(1drk) Red-breasted Merganser + 3 RbMerg offshore.

SUFFOLK:- Lowestoft Hbr 1w Glaucous Gull flew in at 2.20pm but landed out of sight on seaward side of bldg works + ad Med Gull, 3 Shag.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB Water Pipit from Public Hide. 3(1drk)Smew from E.Hide.

SUFFOLK:- Woodbridge Greenshank opp tide mill. Common Sand at Melton from Wilford Bridge.

SUSSEX:- Newhaven Tidemills fem Serin pm nr old timber yard E.of old footbridge on S.side of mil creek TQ454005.

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





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