World Trip Reports

uk sightings saturday 5th april 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL

ABERDEENSHIRE:- Cults sev. Waxwing in tree btw Darroch park + North Deeside Rd.

ABERDEENSHIRE:- NNW.of Ballater by A939 1ml S.of A944 jct (NJ295070) Rough-legged Buzzard this a/noon.

ANGLESEY:- Inland Sea 3 Little Egret + 11 Purple Sand Treaddur Bay + 9 S.Tern. 2 Goshawk reported @ Cefni Resr.

ANGLESEY:- Penmon Point 15 Sandwich Tern + 3 Eider, Blackcap.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- March Farmers White Stork landed to West opp pumping station.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Nene Washes White Stork flew E.past Eldernell c'pk @ 10am + 2 M.Harrier, Peregrine.

CHESHIRE:- Arpley Tip 1w Glaucous Gull 10.30am (NO ACCESS to tip).

CHESHIRE:- Burton Marsh 4 Little Egret off Denhall Lane.

CHESHIRE:- Danebower Chimney (SK009699) pr Ring Ouzel

CHESHIRE:- Moore NR drk Mandarin

CHESHIRE:- Sandbach Flashes 4 Ruddy Shelduck flew SE.over Elton Hall Flash @ 9.50am.

CLEVELAND:- Middlesbrough 16 Waxwing E.over King Edward Square @ 9.05.

CLWYD:- Horseshoe Pass 4 Ring Ouzel

CLWYD:- Worlds End 4 male Black Grouse am.

CO.DURHAM:- Bishop Middleham fem Lesser Scaup on roadside pool midday + Ruff, Goosander.

Co.GALWAY:- Nimmo's Pier ad Bonaparte's Gull late morning & showing well.

DERBYSHIRE:- near Holt (SK007695) male Ring Ouzel

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh 5 Spoonbill + 2 LRPlover.

DORSET:- Portland Osprey N.along West Cliffs @ 9.40 + A.Skua past.

DORSET:- Portland Bill 1+ male Redstart + male R.Ouzel. Nearby 1w.L Gull Lodmoor RSPB + LRP, M.Harrier.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Caerlaverock WWT ad Ross's Goose from Avenue Hide.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Aldbrough 2 Lapland Bunting N.of c/van pk + SEOwl, 20+ Corn Bunting.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Flamboro' Hd 10 Red-throated Diver + 6 blue Fulmar, Peregrine.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Sammy's Point Black Redstart

ESSEX:- NW of Manningtree drk American Wigeon 300yds W.of A137 Cattawade Bridge @ 7.05 (TM097327).

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Cleeve Common Great Grey Shrike 3ml ENE of Cheltenham N.of radio masts nr marker post 23.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Altrincham Sewage Wks male Blue-headed Wagtail 11am around filter beds W.of Woodcote Rd off Sinderland Ln.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Irlam Crane S.over M62 btw J11/J12 @ noon.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Wigan Flashes Great Grey Shrike + Reed Wblr Turner's Flash, 8 Barnacle Geese in area still.

GWYNEDD:- Aber Dysynni Black-throated Diver + 20 GNDiver.

GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan drk Black Scoter 10.15am + 9+ Twite by boating lake.

3 Great Northern Diver 143 RTDiver, 130 C.Scoter, 26 Twite.

HAMPSHIRE:- Fleet Pond male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker S.of end of Chestnut Grove by green bridge.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Martin's Wryneck 12.50 Middle Town @ top of Sandy Lane.

KENT:- Ashford 40+ Waxwing in Singleton area.

KENT:- Bough Beech Resr fem Ring Ouzel still in 2nd fld on rt S.of cswy.

KENT:- Capel-le-Ferne 25 Crossbill 7.10am + H.Martin, 30 Siskin, 375 Chiffchaff.

KENT:- Dungeness Serin 10.20am N.over.

KENT:- Oare Marshes drk Garganey on East Flood + 2 W.Pipit.

KENT:- Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve House Martin + 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 G.Sand, 250 Common Gull.

KENT:- Sittingbourne male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker off Park Avenue in King George V park by playground this am.

KENT:- Swale juv Rough-legged Buzzard flew S.over then circled over Oare Marshes NR @ 10am then drifted South.

LANCASHIRE:- Darwen Whimbrel NNE.@ 10.55am over Sunnyhurst area.

LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake Iceland Gull @ W.end 3.55pm.

LANCASHIRE:- Leighton Moss RSPB 12+ Avocet on Eric Morecambe complex.

LANCASHIRE:- Lytham St.Anne's 1s Iceland Gull till 3.57 @ Fairhaven Lake then thought to have flown off West.

LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT Taiga Bean Goose from NWW Hide with 300 PfGeese, 2 ad Med Gull, Merlin, Peregrine, 15+ Ruff, Willow Wblr, 30+ T.Sparrow.

LEICESTERSHIRE:- Rutland Water drk American Wigeon in N.arm on N.shore with Wigeon viewed from fishermans cottage @ 4.45pm.

LONDON:- Creekmouth possible Caspian Gull on R.Thames bt barrier till 9.30am.

LONDON:- Regent's Park 1w drk Lesser Scaup 7.45am on small lake in Queen Mary's Rose Gardens TQ283826.

MERSEYSIDE:- Hilbre Island 120 Little Gull

NORFOLK:- 1/4ml N.of W.Somerton Short-eared Owl W.of B1159.

NORFOLK:- Beeston Bump (TG167433) 1s male Sardinian Warbler E.of Sheringham 10am on S.side by f/pth along back gdns TG168433.

NORFOLK:- Heacham male Ring Ouzel South beach.

NORFOLK:- Hickling Broad 2 Little Ringed Plover on Rush Hills + 3 Willow Wblr, 62 Avocet, 66 Blk-t Godwit.

NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB Black-winged Stilt this a/noon + Osprey high E.@ 1.15pm.

Jack Snipe S.of Parrinder Hide viewed from path & showing well.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Hay-a-Park GPs drk Mandarin + 2 LRPlover, 2 Willow Wblr.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Grindon Lough 9 Greenland White-fronted Goose 11.20am.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Jesmond Dene (NZ258672) Iberian Chiffchaff 11am On the banking above the old water mill, enter opposite Freeman Hospital.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Wallsend 90+ Waxwing 1pm btw A187 Hadrian Rd + R.Tyne on Davy Bank ind Est by Armstrong Technology still.

OXFORDSHIRE:- Goring Crane SE.over @ 12.30pm.

PERTHSHIRE:- Glen Cochill Great Grey Shrike on wires E.of A826 @ 12.15pm.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Doncaster 5 Waxwing this am on E.side at Armthorpe by Southfield Primary School off Tranmoor Lane.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Baggeridge Woods male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker off Sandyfields Rd am.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Orchard Common, Knotbury fem Ring Ouzel + male Wheatear, many Red Grouse SK018682.

SUFFOLK:- Lowestoft Sibe Chiffchaff am at Leathes Ham.

SUFFOLK:- Mayday Farm Goshawk over @ 10.15am + Brambling.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB ringtail Hen Harrier N.over + Brambling, 5 Ruff, 6 Pintail, 4 Blk-t Godwit.

SUFFOLK:- Trimley Marshes Yellow Wagtail + Sp.Redshank, Ruff, SEOwl, Peregrine.

SURREY:- Staines Resr Arctic Tern South Basin late morning + RBMerg.

SUSSEX:- Ashdown Forest 4 Crossbill @ Isle of Thorns + 3 Willow Wblr, 3 Dartford Wblr.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Low Hill 5 Waxwing 2ml N.of Wolverhampton 8.35-8.50am at Kempthorne Ave/Bushbury lane then flew to Stanley Rd SJ919020.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Anglers CP Water Pipit from hide.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- New Swillington Ings 1yr Iceland Gull 9.30am Astley Lake.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Temple Newsam Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 10am 2nd rise from entrance on left around dead trees.

WILTSHIRE:- Cotswold WP drk Green-winged Teal 9.45am on pit 68c + Dunlin, 3 Blk-t Godwit.



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