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ABERDEENSHIRE:- Aberdeen 3 Waxwing South of Northfield Place briefly @ 1.15pm.
ARGYLL & BUTE:- Loch Craignish drk American Wigeon on North shore.
CHESHIRE:- Burton Marsh 57 Bewick's Swan + L.Egret, Peregrine.
CHESHIRE:- Houghton Green Flash redhead Smew
CHESHIRE:- Neumann's Flash 3 Whooper Swan + Bittern @ Budworth Mere reedbed.
CLWYD:- Little Orme Black Redstart in top quarry + 5 RTDiver past & B.Guillemot.
CLWYD:- Rhyl Red-necked Grebe 9am briefly on Marine Lake.
CUMBRIA:- Cavendish Dock 2w Mediterranean Gull Loafing on water in NE cnr 10am then flew of to N.+ Spot Redshank, 2 Blk-t Godwit.
DEVON:- Barnstaple ad Ring-billed Gull 3pm at Seven Bretheren Lorry Pk (SS558323).
DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh Glossy Ibis 4.22pm.
DEVON:- Isley Marsh RSPB 5 Spoonbill midday + 1w.L.Gull, Sp.Redshank.
DEVON:- Roadford Resr fem American Wigeon off viaduct in NE.arm @ 10.10am.
DORSET:- Avon Valley 2 Bewick's Swan off Burton viewed from end of Footners Lane. Also Com Sand opp Sopley Bible College.
DORSET:- Durlston CP Firecrest + Peregrine.
DORSET:- Hatch Pond, Poole Bittern on N.side @ 12.30pm.
DORSET:- Hengistbury Head Great Northern Diver 2pm + Eider, Purple Sand, L.Egret, 2 drk Goldeneye, Rock Pipit.
DORSET:- Portland Bill 7 Short-eared Owl + 4 SEOwl Lodmoor RSPB 3.20pm.
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Auchenreoch Loch 1w drk Lesser Scaup 10ml WSW of Dumfries off A75 2.22pm.
EAST YORKSHIRE:- Bempton RSPB Long-eared Owl + 5 SEOwl.
Snow Bunting S.am.
EAST YORKSHIRE:- N.Cave GPs 1w fem Ring-necked Duck 10.10am on Pit 5.
ESSEX:- Westcliff-on-sea ad Ring-billed Gull seafront @ 9.45am tho mobile.
GLAMORGAN:- Cardiff 1w Ring-billed Gull @ Lamby Way Lake this morning + 1w Glaucous Gull.
GLAMORGAN:- Kenfig Pool (SS797815) drk Redhead + 2 Bittern, redhead Smew, 1w Shag.
GTR. MANCHESTER:- Audenshaw Resr 1w Glaucous Gull in No2 basin roost + 3 Med Gull(ad 2w +1w) +3 ad.Yel-l Gull.
GTR. MANCHESTER:- Bickershaw 20+ Jack Snipe 2pm + Stonechat.
HAMPSHIRE:- Blackgutter Bottom Great Grey Shrike 11.45am (SU213163) + male Peregrine, H.Harrier, 6 Buzzard.
HAMPSHIRE:- Lakeside CP 1w Little Gull on shore of Beach Lake 8.30-8.55 then flew East + 2 W.Rail, 2 Stonechat.
HAMPSHIRE:- Langstone Hbr ad Ring-billed Gull @ North end of Bedhampton Creek mouth by Broadmarsh slipway (cSU704054).
HAMPSHIRE:- SE.of Southampton off Weston sailing club Red-necked Grebe 9-10am.
HIGHLAND:- Inver Bay 1w Long-billed Dowitcher 5ml E.of Tain pm at NH860830.
ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Martin's drk Black Duck 12.55pm in Little Bay + 1w fem.Surf Scoter, Little Auk.
KENT:- Dungeness 3 Bittern
KENT:- Dungeness RSPB Slavonian Grebe + 2 LTDuck, Buzzard, M.Harrier, 2 RTDiver.
KENT:- Grove Ferry NR 2 Bittern this morning + W.Pipit.
KENT:- New Hythe GPs Aythya hybrid on pit 300yds W.of Brook House on Larkfield trading estate.
Firecrest 9.30am on railway embankment btw Brooklands & Abbeymead.
2 redhead Smew on pit NE of M20 j4 on pit at NE end of Leybourne Lake.
KENT:- Scotney GPs Red-necked Grebe + Scaup, RBMerg.
KENT:- Seaton GPs 7(4xdrk) Smew + 2 L.Egret, Cetti's Wblr, 6 Chiffchaff, Woodcock.
KENT:- Whitstable Bay Great Northern Diver 1pm close inshore.
LANCASHIRE:- Heysham Heliport 1.5k Knot
LANCASHIRE:- Leighton Moss RSPB 80 Black-tailed Godwit + Kingfisher, Y/hammers, Stonechat. Bittern @ Lillians.
LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT drk Green-winged Teal from Millers Bridge Hide + ringtail H.Harrier, + Firecrest by Janet Kear Hide still.
LANCASHIRE:- Pine Lakes (SD515723) redhead Smew pm.
LANCASHIRE:- Wyre Est 45 Twite over @ 12.30 + D-b Brent Goose Barnaby's Sands & Goosander.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- 1.5ml NW of Donna Nook Great White Egret at Grainthorpe Haven 11.55am.
LINCOLNSHIRE:- Worlaby Carrs juv Rough-legged Buzzard 3ml N.of Brigg 9.45 off Carr Lane + Buzzard.
LOTHIAN:- Barns Ness ad Iceland Gull 12.30pm + W.Pipit on beach S.of lighthouse with Rock Pipits.
MERSEYSIDE:- Crosby Marina Slavonian Grebe am.
MERSEYSIDE:- Hilbre Island 5+ Purple Sandpiper + 21 P-b Brent Geese.
MERSEYSIDE:- Wallasey 3 Snow Bunting W.of lifeguard stn.
NORFOLK:- 1/2ml S.of Blakeney in fields W.of B1388 juv Pallid Harrier @ midday.
NORFOLK:- Acle Waxwing 9.30am by 1064/Old Rd jctn 400m N.of A47 r/bout & The Drive (TG406106).
NORFOLK:- Blakeney Point 105 Snow Bunting this morning + ad.Peregrine, Merlin.
NORFOLK:- btw Langham + Stiffkey juv Pallid Harrier 12.45pm minor road by jnct with road to Binham (TF976422).
NORFOLK:- btw Stiffkey & Cockthorpe Pallid Harrier hunting over fields N.of road to Langham @ 2.10pm.
NORFOLK:- btw Warham & Binham over reeds in valley by jct of Stiffkey-Wighton Rd (TF960413) juv Pallid Harrier 1.05pm then flew off.
NORFOLK:- Cley 2(1xdrk) Red-crested Pochard on Arnold's Marsh this morning.
NORFOLK:- Cley NWT ad Black Brant am in Eye Fld (TG049451) + juv Pale-b Brent. 2 W.Pipit from East bank still.
NORFOLK:- Holkham Gap 44 Shorelark 10.50am + 40 Twite.
NORFOLK:- Horsey Barnacle Goose W.of B1159 Just N.of Horsey Corner with 20.Pinkfeet.
NORFOLK:- Horsey Gap 4 Velvet Scoter to the S.of Horsey Gap + 27 Com.Scoter, redhead Goosander flew North.
NORFOLK:- Stiffkey campsite Yellow-browed Warbler 9.25am in woods (TF965439).
NORFOLK:- W.of Stiffkey Fen Tundra Bean Goose in fld by bait diggers track with Greylags + PfGoose, 3 Barnacle Geese.
NORFOLK:- Warham Greens juv Pallid Harrier left roost @ 7.45am & flew off SE.then S.inland over coastpath (cTF955439).
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- 3/4ml SE.of Staithes in clifftop field N.of port Mulgrave 26 Shorelark 11am + Lapland Bunting.
NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Filey NCCP 2 Lapland Bunting in Top Fields + 2 Snow Bunting. fem Scaup Filey Dams NR + 2 W.Rail.
NORTHUMBERLAND:- btw Backworth & Hollywell NE.of Backworth tip Tundra Bean Goose with c300 Greylag early a/noon.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2ml E.of Mansfield 11am by jct of Crown Farm Way & bridleway (SK577622).
ORKNEY:- Stromness Hbr ad Ring-billed Gull am at S.end. Nearby 1w Med Gull Finstown still.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Netherwood CP redhead Smew Wombwell 10.10am.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor NR possible Saker this am + 2 Pintail.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Rother Valley CP Firecrest by visitor cntr in bushes.
STAFFORDSHIRE:- Handsacre Great Grey Shrike 3ml ESE of Rugeley 9.10am 200m E.of B5014 bridge (SK094170).
SUFFOLK:- Felixstowe Ferry 2 Purple Sandpiper on groynes opp golf course.
SUFFOLK:- Kessingland Swg Wks 2 Scaup on small pool + 2 Chiffchaff.
SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB drk Ferruginous Duck 9.30am on pools bhnd West Hide.
SURREY:- Bourne Hall Lake (TQ219628) fem Ring-necked Duck Ewell Village 12.30pm.
SURREY:- Cleygate Common (SU914546) Great Grey Shrike
SUSSEX:- Rye Hbr NR 2 Bittern bhd Bournes building + Cetti's. 10 Smew Castle Water & H.Harrier.
SUSSEX:- Winchelsea imm fem Surf Scoter off Pett Levels 10.30am with Com Scoter.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Eccup Resr ad Mediterranean Gull in roost + 200+ Goosander.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Ilkley 2 Waxwing on Cunliffe Rd (SE115477) off Bolton Bridge Rd off A65.
WEST YORKSHIRE:- Pugney's CP juv Black-throated Diver pm on boating lake.
WILTSHIRE:- Warminster Great Grey Shrike just E.of Warminster training camp (ST900462).
Should be something of interest for everybody today
I'll add one for Cleveland then - the three Waxwings are still in Whitehouse Road, Billingham !