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Competition
ANGLESEY:- Holyhead Bay Red-necked Grebe + 2 GNDiver, RTDiver.
BEDFORD:- Barton Hill Farm (TL094285) 12+ Brambling + ringtail Hen Harrier nr Speed the Plough Pub N.of Barton.
BEDFORD:- Harrold-Odelle CP redhead Smew + ad YlGull Woburn Pk + 16 Goosander. Peregrine Roxton.
CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm 2 Spotted Redshank + 35 Ruff.
CLEVELAND:- S.Gare s/pl Bar-tailed Godwit 1.08pm + 40 Snow Bunting.
CLWYD:- Kinmel Bay 2000 Common Scoter + 30 Scaup.
CLWYD:- Little Orme male Black Redstart in top quarry + Blackcap.
CLWYD:- Llanddulas 5 Great Northern Diver + 5 V.Scoter, 8k C.Scoter. 50 Scaup Kinmel Bay. 20 Scaup Old Colwyn.
CLWYD:- Rhyl Red-necked Grebe 10.20am on Marine Lake + 8 RbMerg, 8 Goldeneye.
CORNWALL:- Goldsithney 1w Rose-col Starling 1ml E.of Marazion in gdns N.of B3280 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).
CUMBRIA:- Rockcliffe Marshes white ad Ross's Goose 2pm distant from Burgh Marsh.
DEVON:- Roadford Resr fem American Wigeon RPTD again (SX426925).
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Bempton RSPB Long-eared Owl am + 5 SEOwl, 2 Snow Bunting, 24 Tree Sparrow.
ESSEX:- Westcliff-on-sea ad Ring-billed Gull 10am opp Rossi's Icecream Parlour + 2.2w Med Gull on Thomas Moore High School flds.
GLAMORGAN:- Kenfig Pool (SS797815) drk Redhead + 2 Bittern, redhead Smew.
GLAMORGAN:- Mynydd Margam (SS818894) Great Grey Shrike 3ml SW of Maesteg at noon.
GWYNEDD:- Borth-y-Gest Great Northern Diver + V.Scoter Morfa Bychan + 2 RTDiver, 14 Scaup, 700 C.Scoter.
HAMPSHIRE:- Fleet Pond Red-throated Diver still on S.side preening on bank, but has blood on flanks.
HAMPSHIRE:- Titchfield Haven NR male Marsh Harrier from Knights Bank Hide + 248 Blk-t Godwit, 3 Pintail, Chiffchaff. Sanderling by yachtclub + 76 Brent Geese, 53 R.Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 59 Eider offshore.
HIGHLAND:- Helmsdale ad Iceland Gull 2.18pm around Bridge Hotel.
ISLE OF WIGHT:- Brading Marsh 2 Taiga Bean Goose from St Helens Bridge.
ISLE OF WIGHT:- Foreland Velvet Scoter flew out to sea + 3+Shag, 7 RbMerg, 5+L.Egret, 3 Rock Pipit, R.Plover.
ISLES OF SCILLY:- Tresco drk Black Duck from blockhouse looking twds Tean, with Mallards then flew twds St Martins Great Bay.
KENT:- Dungeness 2 Bittern from Christmas Dell Hide + Slav Grebe. 2 LtDuck new diggings. L.Egret on RSPB reserve + Msh Harrier.
KENT:- Whitstable Bay Great Northern Diver 1.30pm close inshore.
KINROSS:- Vane Farm RSPB drk Green-winged Teal from Carden Hide + L.Egret, redhead Smew, 70 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail.
LANCASHIRE:- Brierfield 2 Hawfinch am at Edge End Clough in Beeches Bungalow gdn + Brambling SD855368.
LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT drk Green-winged Teal from Millers Bridge Hide + Firecrest nr Janet Kear Hide, 84 Bewick's Swan, 1600 Whooper Swan, ringtail Hen Harrier.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Horseshoe Point Great White Egret RPTD flushed at 9am + flew twds Grainthorpe Marsh.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Huttoft 5 Tundra Bean Goose N.of Huttoft Pit with Whooper Swans.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Worlaby Carrs juv Rough-legged Buzzard 3ml N.of Brigg off Carr Lane.
LONDON:- Brent Resr drk Ring-necked Duck from main hide.
LONDON:- Isle of Dogs ad Ring-billed Gull noon on R.Thames shore opp Lovells Wharf.
MERSEYSIDE:- btw W.Kirby + Heswall 5,000 Knot am + 200 Blk-t Godwit, 10,000 Dunlin, 18,000 Oystrecatcher.
MERSEYSIDE:- Crosby Marina Slavonian Grebe
NORFOLK:- 2ml S.of Brancaster 2 Tundra Bean Goose in roadside flds + WfGoose, Barnacle Goose.
NORFOLK:- Acle Waxwing by A1064/Old Rd jctn 400m N.of A47 r/bout at end of unmade rd The Drive.
NORFOLK:- Cley 7 Water Pipit 11.25am S.end of E.Bank by c/pk.
NORFOLK:- Cley NWT 4 Water Pipit on The Serpentine. Spot Redshank Arnold's Marsh + 2 Goldeneye.
NORFOLK:- Holkham Gap 44 Shorelark am 500m N.of end of boardwalk.
NORFOLK:- Holme eagle spp RPTD W.@ noon.
NORFOLK:- Lynford Arboretum Hawfinch + 31 Crossbill, Bramblings.
NORFOLK:- Stiffkey campsite Yellow-browed Warbler in Woods 100m E.of crosstracks showing well (TF970440).
NORFOLK:- W.of Catfield Tundra Bean Goose by rd to Ludham nr School Rd with PfGeese + 22 Whooper + 110 Bewick's Swan.
NORFOLK:- W.of Stiffkey Fen Tundra Bean Goose in fld by bait diggers track + PfGoose, 2 Barnacle Geese.
NORFOLK:- Warham Greens 3 Hen Harrier at dawn.
juv Pallid Harrier bird presumed to be PH left SE @ 7.30am as roost dispersed. Take track N.off A149 opp Warham to edge of marsh to view.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Scalby Mills Grey Phalarope noon at least.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2ml E.of Mansfield 10.10am by bridleway 200m W.of Newlands Rd (SK578621).
SOMERSET:- Avonmouth Chiffchaff nr square pond opp water tower nr Zinc Works.
drk Ring-necked Duck 9.40am on square pool opp water wks. Take Kings Weston Ln off A403 + 1st L.after Zinc Wks to pond on L.opp water twr.
STAFFORDSHIRE:- Handsacre Great Grey Shrike 3ml ESE of Rugeley am 200m E.of B5014 bridge.
SUFFOLK:- Blyth est 1w Caspian Gull 2.26pm (no details).
SUFFOLK:- Falkenham Black Brant 9am by King's Fleet with DbBrent Geese.
SURREY:- Bourne Hall Lake (TQ219628) fem Ring-necked Duck Ewell Village
SURREY:- Cleygate Common Great Grey Shrike late am on Ash Ranges + Jack Snipe.
SURREY:- Papercourt GPs fem Pintail 10.30am + 65 Gadwall, 43 Pochard, 75 Tufted Duck.
SUSSEX:- SE of Lewes Rough-legged Buzzard at Mount Caburn (TQ444086).
SUSSEX:- Thorney Island Short-eared Owl am.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Ilkley 3 Waxwing on Cunliffe Rd SE115477 off Bolton Bridge Rd off A65. Use trees nr Clarke Foley Centre + berry trees nr toilets.