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uk sightings saturday 26th April 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL

ANGUS:- 2mls W.of Kirriermuir just W.of Loch Kinnordy RSPB ad Laughing Gull 6.10-6.50am at least in fields with other gulls @ Cairn Leith along minor Rd W.of B951 NO342538.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Cottenham Quail @ Smithey Fen, audible from hard standing.

CHESHIRE:- Budworth Mere Common Sandpiper

CHESHIRE:- Frodsham Marsh Whinchat in sheep fields + sev.Wheatear.

CHESHIRE:- Hale Marsh Little Stint by lighthouse + Sanderling, 400 Dunlin.

2 Ruddy Shelduck on shore + Whinchat, Grasshopper Wblr, Corn Bunting.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm fem Long-tailed Duck + L.Egret, Com Sand, 9 Sp Redshank.

CHESHIRE:- Neumann's Flash Lesser Whitethroat

CUMBRIA:- Bassenthwaite Lake pr Osprey viewpoint open daily from 10am-5pm.

DEVON:- Dawlish Warren NR Roseate Tern

DORSET:- Abbotsbury Swannery fem Ring-necked Duck from in Swannery or distant off Rodden Rd + 3 Scaup.

DORSET:- Lodmoor RSPB Red-rumped Swallow 6.40am @ W.end of reserve.

DORSET:- Portland Bill 4 Pomarine Skua past @ 7.50am.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- E.Newton Great Grey Shrike on wires on rd to Aldbrough.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Flamboro' Hd male Red-breasted Flycatcher of possible Red-throated race trapped & ringed and will soon be released on South Landing.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Spurn Pt Osprey SE.@9.20am + M.Harrier earlier.

ESSEX:- Steeple Creek Dotterel by creek mouth @ 7.25am.

HAMPSHIRE:- Stoke's Bay 27 Dark-b Brent Goose + 35 Sandwich Tern, 120 Com Tern, 47 Whimbrel, 8 Little Tern, 9 Arctic Tern, 7 Sanderling, 6 Little Gull, RTDiver, 6 Med Gull, Gannet.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Martin's Purple Heron flushed from fields bhd Higher Town @ 11.08am.

KENT:- St.Margaret's Bay Pomarine Skua + 2 A.Skua, 6 RBMerg. Nearby 2 Pied Fly @ Bockhill Farm.

LANCASHIRE:- Darwen Cuckoo calling in Whitehall. Nearby 20 Wheatear Sunnyhurst Resr.

LANCASHIRE:- Pendle Hill 3 Dotterel 3ooyds SW.of summit cairn @ 8.15am.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Freiston Shore RSPB Red-rumped Swallow on roadside wires near reserve entrance 7.37am at least.

MERSEYSIDE:- Hilbre Island 20 Arctic Tern + 150 Gannet, 150 S.Tern, 500 C.Tern.

NORFOLK:- Blakeney Grasshopper Warbler opp Manor Hotel 200yds N.of road @ 10.30am.

NORFOLK:- Holme 3 Nightingale of golf course.

NORFOLK:- Holme NOA 8 Ring Ouzel dunes @ 6.45am.

2 Whinchat @ Redwell Marsh + 2 Wheatears.

NORFOLK:- Incleburgh Hill probable Black Kite @ 10.10am along ridge & may have headed inland twd Bodham.

NORFOLK:- Snettisham Coastal Park 3+ Ring Ouzel + 3 Grasshopper Wblr, 3 Lsr Whitethroat, 30+ Swift.

NORFOLK:- Trimingham 2 Ring Ouzel + 12 Yel.Wag, 5 Swift.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Nosterfield Sanderling in area + 5 Turnstone, 3 Ruff, 6 LRPlover, Blk-t Godwit.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Gringley Carr 8 Dotterel 9am with 3 Gldn Plover. Take road on left just before pumping station & park with care by hedge & view twd farm.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor NR Jack Snipe + Bar-t Godwit. Blk-t Godwit Wombwell Ings + White Wag. Whinchat Broohill Flash.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Whitley Common 2 Whimbrel

SUFFOLK:- Landguard NR Ring Ouzel by fenced off area + 2 Hobbies, 2 Turtle Dove.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB probable ringtail Montagu's Harrier flew in from South & headed inland twd Eastbridge + Wood Sand over & drk Garganey, Redstart, Grasshopper Wblr.

Wheatear in field bhd vis centre c'pk @ 10.46.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Clayhanger fem Ring Ouzel am at N.Marsh by mound + Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Marsh Lane NR 2 Grasshopper Warbler from lorry c'pk adj to reserve + 6 LRPlover, 3 Com Tern, 5 Garden Wblr.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Fairburn Ings 1w/1s Bonaparte's Gull 8.10am then flew high East + sev.Grasshopper Wblr, sev.Swift.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Hunnington Hoopoe N.of Bromsgrove in paddock E.of B4551 viewed from f'pth by Holly's Farm SO967808.
ANGUS:- 2mls W.of Kirriermuir just W.of Loch Kinnordy RSPB ad Laughing Gull 6.10-6.50am at least in fields with other gulls @ Cairn Leith along minor Rd W.of B951 NO342538.



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