World Trip Reports

uk sightings Thursday 17th April 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL

ANGLESEY:- by small resr off rd just before rt turn onto approach rd to S Stack RSPB Grasshopper Warbler am.

ANGLESEY:- Llyn Llywenan male Marsh Harrier mid am.

ANGLESEY:- The Range 52 Manx Shearwater past + GNDiver, Black Guillemot, 14 RTDiver.

BEDFORD:- Brogborough 3 Nightingale around S.end + sev.L.Gull.

BEDFORD:- Dunstable Downs 3 Ring Ouzel

BEDFORD:- Roxton Pit 6+ Common Tern am + Green Sand, 2 Common Sand.

BEDFORD:- Warren Villas Garden Warbler + 4 C.Tern, 2 LRP.

BERKSHIRE:- Dinton Pastures 12 Little Gull through N/NE btw 8.15-8.30am + 50 Fieldfare E.+ 7 C.Tern 9.15am, 2 Sedge Wblr, Oystercatcher.

Nightingale at Middle Marsh + A.Tern, sev.C.Terns, 2 Egyptian Geese.

BERKSHIRE:- Lavell's Lake 2 Little Ringed Plover + Garden Wblr at Circuit Lane, Southcote + 5 Whitethroat.

BERKSHIRE:- Moor Green Lakes NR 4 Black Tern 1.15pm E.twds Grove Lake + 10 C.Tern, 4 Redshank. LRP Lea Farm Scrape 12.30pm.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Furzton Lake Arctic Tern am + 5+C.Tern.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Weston Turville Resr Arctic Tern am with C.Terns but left after 2hrs.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Willen Lake Kittiwake in front of pagoda + Reed Wblr.

Little Egret pm in front of hide, no sign of Kittiwake.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Crown Lakes CP, Farcet 4 Sedge Warbler + Grasshopper Wblr Orton BP + Turtle Dove, A.Tern, C.Tern, 11+Sedge Wblr, Reed Wblr, Whitethroat.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Eldernell Yellow Wagtail + 60 Fieldfare. 30 Ruff on RSPB reserve, 2 Corn Bunting along N.Bank.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Etton GP 2 Yellow Wagtail + Green Sand.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Fen Drayton GPs Nightingale am + Grasshopper Wblr, Black Tern E.@ 9.30am, L.Gull, 13 C.tern, Common Sand, 2 Dunlin, 5 Whitethroat.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Grafham Water fem Red-breasted Merganser flew off soon after 7.30am + Green Sand on dam.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Mepal 2 male Ring Ouzel 7.30am.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- West Town Red Kite Peterborough circling over Shell Garage 9.53am.

CHESHIRE:- Budworth Mere ad Little Gull am + unconfirmed report of Green Sand.

CHESHIRE:- Frodsham Marsh 4(3ad) Little Gull 2.50pm at E.end of No.6 Tank.

CHESHIRE:- Great Sutton House Martin 7.30am.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm Black Tern am + 11 Sp Redshank.

Little Egret 3.45pm + Blk Tern, LtDuck, 2 LRP, 7 Spot Redshank, 60+Blk-t Godwit, Dunlin, Buzzard, 4 Curlew.

fem Long-tailed Duck + 7 Ruff, 20 Blk-t Godwit. 6 L.Egret Burton Marsh off Denhall Ln.

CHESHIRE:- Neston Grasshopper Warbler at S.end of reedbed.

CHESHIRE:- Neumann's Flash Reed Warbler + Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, LRP.

CHESHIRE:- Northwich 2 Ring Ouzel in Hartford commuting btw The Grange School playing flds + nrby gdns.

CLEVELAND:- Coatham Marsh Spotted Redshank 11am from main hide + Greenshank.

CLEVELAND:- Margrove Park Ponds Black Redstart 9.15am on fence L.of path which leads from rd to ponds + Common Sand, Greenshank.

CORNWALL:- Penzance 1s male Rose-col Starling off Chapel St on Custom House Ln by house named Little Galleon SW474302.

CUMBRIA:- Talkin Tarn (NY545586) male Redstart + m Pied Fly.

DORSET:- Abbotsbury ad Ring-billed Gull on sea off beach til 7.20am when flew W.

DORSET:- Hengistbury Head Grasshopper Warbler in Wick Fields SZ163915 + 8 Whitethroat in area.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Caerlaverock WWT ad Ross's Goose with Barnacle Geese.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- N.Cave GPs Little Stint + 6 Avocet, 10+Ruff, Wheatear.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Tophill Low NR drk Garganey on N.Lagoon + Green Sand.

ESSEX:- Maldon 14 Waxwing 200m N.of Fambridge Rd/S.bypass jctn.

FIFE:- Ruddons Point (NO454004) drk Surf Scoter E.end of Largo Bay

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Shab Hill 2 Dotterel 9.30am in ploughed fld but not since SO936152.

GWYNEDD:- Bardsey Island 3 Tree Pipit no sign of Hoopoe.

HAMPSHIRE:- Cams Bay 3 Whimbrel + L.Egret, YlGull, 60 Turnstone, 4 Whitethroat.

HAMPSHIRE:- Ibsley Water Black Tern + L.Gull, 3 LRP.

HAMPSHIRE:- Stoke's Bay Pomarine Skua E.@ 8.55am.

22 Whimbrel 6.10-9.40am + 21 C.Tern, 41 S.Tern, 2 Kittiwake, 13 Brent Geese, 3 C.Scoter.

HAMPSHIRE:- Woolmer Pond Little Gull 1.50pm + Sedge Wblr by main c/pk.

HIGHLAND:- Loch Garten 3 male Capercaillie early am at RSPB organised watch. Starts 5.30pm daily til May 20th.

ISLE OF MAN:- Glascoe Dubh fem American Wigeon RPTD.

ISLE OF WIGHT:- Newtown NR Osprey 11.30am on post in marsh then flew SE.

ISLE OF WIGHT:- St Catherines Pt Serin 7.55am in off sea + 2 BTDiver past + 3 A.Skua, 2 G.Skua, 30 L.Gull, 59 S.Tern, 143 C.Scoter.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Martin's Red-rumped Swallow noon at St Lawrences Bay then flew twds Middle Town. Black Kite Tresco, noon over Middle Down.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Red-rumped Swallow 3.40pm btw Tregarthens Hotel + quay.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- Tresco Black Kite 12.30pm drifted twds Bryher.

kite sp 11.05am over Castle Down.

KENT:- Bough Beech Resr drk Garganey in Little Hilda's Bay.

KENT:- Dungeness RSPB Slavonian Grebe Burrowes Pit + LtDuck. 2 Black Tern past Point + A.Skua.

KENT:- Haysden Lake Osprey 7.55am then flew N.

KENT:- Northward Hill RSPB 6 Mediterranean Gull + ringtail Hen Harrier, SEOwl, 2 Greenshank, LRP.

2 Ring Ouzel in flds by Bromhey Fm.

LANCASHIRE:- Heysham Pomarine Skua past into Morecambe Bay + Black Tern, sev.A.Tern.

29 Sandwich Tern past by 9.45am + 211 A.Tern, 2 Eider, 1s Med Gull, 3 Whimbrel, C.Tern, 3 Gannet, 19 Kittiwake, 18 C.Scoter, skua sp.

LANCASHIRE:- Newton Marsh Yellow Wagtail 10.30am on entrance pool + 4 White Wag, LRP, 305 Golden Plover.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Lincoln House Martin 9.20am on Nettleham Rd N.of the Cathedral.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Tetney Marsh 6 Avocet off fitties yacht club am + Greenshank, a few Whimbrel, SEOwl, Peregrine, Yellow Wag through.

MERSEYSIDE:- Marshside RSPB Blue-headed Wagtail in fld with cattle + Jack Snipe, Corn Bunting over.

NORFOLK:- Brograve Levels Short-eared Owl 7.55am on blue post + Barn Owl.

NORFOLK:- btw Waxham Church + Holiday Camp male Ring Ouzel by pipeline compound.

NORFOLK:- Buckenham Marshes 6 Avocet 1pm on pools by fishermans c/pk + 2 Blk-t Godwit.

NORFOLK:- Hickling Broad 2 Greenshank on Rush Hills + 1+LRP, Grey Plover, 8 Avocet, 3 C.Tern, 2 Reed Wblr, 6+Sedge Wblr.

NORFOLK:- Salthouse Heath 2 Nightingale am.

NORFOLK:- Snettisham CP 4 Ring Ouzel + Grasshopper Wblr, 7 Whitethroat, Greenshank, 2 Wheatear.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Fen 2 Little Gull + LRP, Barn Owl.

NORFOLK:- Strumpshaw Fen RSPB 4 Green Sandpiper 11.30am left of Fen Hide + Cetti's Wblr, sev.Marsh Harrier, Bittern.

NORFOLK:- Weeting Heath NWT 4 Stone Curlew + 2 Woodlark feeding young.

NORFOLK:- Welney WWT unknown orig. sub ad Saker mid am over arable flds to E.of reserve, earlier with prey, seen from Friends Hide.

NORFOLK:- Weybourne male Whinchat am by clifftop path twds Sheringham golfcse + 3 Wheatear.

NORFOLK:- Winterton POSS Black Kite S.@ 9.20am + R.Ouzel in paddocks on Low Rd. 2 R.Ouzel S.Dunes. m.Redstart N.Dunes.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Farnham GPs 3 Little Gull pm.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Malham Tarn 2 Black Tern 11am at least.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Wheldrake Ings Yellow Wagtail + Cuckoo, Whitethroat, 6 Sedge Wblr, Barn Owl. 2 LRP Bank Island + Barn Owl.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- York 40 Waxwing 2pm at Trinity Ln + by St Mary's church, Micklegate.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Newcastle 21 Waxwing 8.45am at Newcastle General Hospital by Westgate Rd entrance.

OXFORDSHIRE:- Dix Pit 1s Mediterranean Gull + 6 Arctic Tern, Sandwich Tern, 2 Little Gull, 28 C.Tern, Oystercatcher. 42 Little Gull farmoor + Oystercatcher.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor NR Tree Pipit over am.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Rotherham 30 Waxwing 8.45am at Parkgate Retail World.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Wombwell Ings 2 Ruff + Blk-t Godwit.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Blithfield Resr 7(6ad) Little Gull off dam + 5 C.Tern, off cswy.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Coombes Valley RSPB Pied Flycatcher + Redstart y/day (building work at moment has reduced c/pk size).

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Yoxall Honey Buzzard low S.over then E.mobbed by 2 Buzzard.

SUFFOLK:- Blaxhall Nightingale 7.20am singing in scrub by allotments at Mill Common.

SUFFOLK:- Lackford Lake SWT drk Garganey 1pm from Steggals Hide. Drk RcPochard on private lake nrby.

SUFFOLK:- Landguard NR Nightingale

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB male Firecrest by toilets.

Little Tern + 2 C.Tern, 6 S.Tern, L.Stint, Green Sand, Nightingale, Redstart, Whinchat by sluice.

SUFFOLK:- Redgrave Lake 4 Little Gull early pm.

SUFFOLK:- Sudbourne Marsh Harrier 8.50am at Cowton Fm drifting twds Alde Est.

SUSSEX:- Beachy Head Firecrest at Shooters Bottom + 2 Merlin, Peregrine.

SUSSEX:- Pagham male Ring Ouzel 1.05pm by track btw N.wall + Halsey's Fm in reedy fld at end of f/pth thro wood SZ866976.

SUSSEX:- Selsey Bill Pomarine Skua past 10.20am + Serin at 8.55am. SEOwl in off sea + 2 A.Skua, 19 L.Gull.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Edgbaston Resr 2 Black Tern am at least.

WEST MIDLANDS:- West Bromwich Hobby over at 1.35pm.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Bredons Hardwick 1s Little Gull main pit.

Ruddy Shelduck on main pit.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Lower Bittell Resr Whinchat in scrubby fld W.of Bittell Fm Rd.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Upton Warren Black Tern on Flashes + Grasshopper Wblr.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Westwood Pool 2 Reed Warbler + Willow Tit.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Wyre Forest 2 Wood Warbler in Dowles Brook area + 6 Redstart, 2 Pied Fly.





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