World Trip Reports

uk sightings sunday 27th April 2003



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ARGYLL & BUTE:- Tiree drk Ferruginous Duck on Loch Bhasapoll NL972470.

BEDFORD:- Dunstable Swg Wks Red-rumped Swallow RPTD 10.25am.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Shardeloes Lake (SU943981) ad drk White-headed Duck at W.end.

CLWYD:- Caer Hun 1 Hawfinch in churchyard showing well.

CLWYD:- Clocaenog Forest Wood Warbler around Bod Petrual Picnic Area.

CLWYD:- Conwy RSPB drk Garganey + L.Egret, White Wag, Whimbrel on estuary.

CLWYD:- Pensarn 2 Pomarine Skua E.past pm.

CORNWALL:- Dozmary Pool fem Ring-necked Duck pm.

CORNWALL:- Helston Boating Lake 1s Ring-billed Gull at NE end SW655272.

CUMBRIA:- Bowness on Solway 22 Pomarine Skua by 10.30am off viaduct + 6 A.Skua, G.Skua, GNDiver, 3 Blk-t Diver, 27 RTDiver.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh Glossy Ibis 7.40am.

DORSET:- Abbotsbury Swannery fem Ring-necked Duck from in Swannery or distant off Rodden Rd + 4 Scaup.

DORSET:- Lodmoor RSPB Red-rumped Swallow

DORSET:- Portland Bill Pomarine Skua past @ 7.40am.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- E.Newton Great Grey Shrike on wires viewed from layby btw Glebe House Fm + Low Farm.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Flamborough male Taiga Flycatcher (race of RbFly) 6.05am at S.Landing above rd to lifeboat stn past c/pk but weather worsening.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Kilnsea Crane in off sea at Beacon Ponds am.

ESSEX:- Steeple Creek Dotterel 10.40am on saltmarsh with Gldn Plover.

FIFE:- Ruddons Point (NO454004) drk Surf Scoter E.end of Largo Bay 9.20am + 50 LTDuck, 20+V.Scoter, BTDiver.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Astley Green male Whinchat in horse pasture by canal in village bhnd pit + 4 Wheatear, Common Sand nrby.

GWYNEDD:- Criccieth 19 Pomarine Skua am + 2 G.Skua, 300 Manxies.

HIGHLAND:- Loch Garten male Capercaillie early am at RSPB organised watch. Starts 5.30pm daily til May 20th.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- Tean drk Black Duck on sea 3pm.

KENT:- Dungeness 1s/2s Glaucous Gull on beach by new lighthouse.

2 Pomarine Skua am + 17 Gt Skua, 25 A.Skua.

KENT:- Elmley RSPB Marsh Sandpiper til 6.50pm at least on main flood from Counterwall Hide.

KENT:- Grain Alpine Swift W.@ 9am.

KENT:- Grove Rough-legged Buzzard S.@ 2.53pm + Wood Sand Grove Ferry.

LANCASHIRE:- Bispham Pomarine Skua 11am.

LANCASHIRE:- Jenny Browns Pt 3 Pomarine Skua + 2 Pom Skua off Morecambe Stone Jetty + 6+A.Skua.

LANCASHIRE:- NW of Myerscough Quarry ad Ring-billed Gull noon-3.30pm in ploughed fld W.of canal SD504393.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Boston Swg Wks Red-rumped Swallow 1ml S.of Fishtoft 8.50am viewed from f/pth on R.Haven bank.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Freiston Shore RSPB Red-rumped Swallow 7am on roadside wires but flew S.@ 7.35am.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Gibraltar Point NNR Alpine Swift 7.10am S.over W.Dunes.

LONDON:- Fairlop Alpine Swift S.@ 2.30pm.

NORFOLK:- Acle White Stork S.@ 2.03pm.

NORFOLK:- Happisburgh Black Kite 9.44am over church, poss dropping down.

NORFOLK:- Holkham Freshmarsh ad Spoonbill 2.35pm at W.end.

NORFOLK:- Holme Alpine Swift 6.20am W.over golfcourse twds Hunstanton + 100+Swift, 3 Nightingale, 2 Grasshopper Wblr, Wheatear.

NORFOLK:- Paston Alpine Swift E.@ 9.24am.

Black Kite E.@ 9.37am.

NORFOLK:- Rollesby 2 Rough-legged Buzzard 1pm from A149 + Red Kite, Buzzard.

NORFOLK:- Sea Palling Alpine Swift S.@ 9.37am.

NORFOLK:- Sheringham Black Kite E.over centre at 9.10am.

NORFOLK:- Weybourne Wryneck at Denmark House Gdn off Beach Ln.

NORFOLK:- Winterton Tawny Pipit 400m N.of cafe in 1st gulley W.of coast.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Scarborough Alpine Swift 7.55am S.over Scalby Cliffs.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Attenborough NR ad Purple Heron on The Delta viewed from W.of hide along path to river.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Gringley Carr 8 Dotterel 8.27am. Take tarmac rd on left before pumping stn & park by small hedge & scan twd farm.

SHROPSHIRE:- Priorslee Lakes Red-rumped Swallow pm.

SHROPSHIRE:- Venus Pool Osprey + ad Kittiwake.

SOMERSET:- Ham Wall RSPB Spoonbill 2pm.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Thorne Moors Lesser Yellowlegs

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Blithfield Resr 2 Common Scoter in Tad Bay + 8 Whimbrel, 2(ad,1s)Kittiwake through, White Wag, 3 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, 5 C.Tern.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB Alpine Swift all a/noon, also over Dunwich Heath NT.

ringtail Montagu's Harrier in flds by W.entrance track.

SUFFOLK:- Westleton Heath ringtail Montagu's Harrier over am.

SUSSEX:- Birling Gap Golden Oriole 12.45pm E.twds Belle Tout Lighthouse.

SUSSEX:- Pagham Hbr male Kentish Plover 10am on shingle island 200m W.of end of Spit.

SUSSEX:- Rye Hbr NR Dotterel pm on shingle ridges in fenced area by Flat Beach but elusive.

2s Glaucous Gull am from Castle Water Hide.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Anglers CP drk Ring-necked Duck on CP Lake + fem Scaup Wintersett.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Fairburn Ings 1w/1s Bonaparte's Gull 8.40am on The Cut from the hide.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Hunnington Hoopoe 2ml S.of Halesowen in gdn of no.129 The Lindens opp paddocks.






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