World Trip Reports

uk sightings Thursday 24th April 2003



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ABERDEENSHIRE:- Loch of Strathbeg 3 Whimbrel + 37 Blk-t Godwit.

BERKSHIRE:- Dinton Pastures 3 Nightingale 8.30am in Middle Marsh area + Sedge Wblr.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Shardeloes Lake (SU943981) ad drk White-headed Duck 8.45am.

CHESHIRE:- 2.5ml NW of Nantwich 2 Red-rumped Swallow 9am by Shropshire Union Canal nr Lock Cottage. Park by A51 at SJ622551, walk E.for 450m.

CHESHIRE:- Burton Marsh 3 Little Egret off Denhall Lane. Grasshopper Wblr at S.end of Neston Reedbed.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm Wood Sandpiper + f LtDuck, drk Garganey, Peregrine, Buzzard, Swift, 9 Sp Redshank, 5 Ruff, 100+Blk-t Godwit, H.Martins, Swallows, S.Martins.

Co.CORK:- Cotter's Garden Hoopoe Cape Clear.

CORNWALL:- 3ml W.of Launceston Hoopoe 11.30am nr quarry btw Pipers Pool + Egloskerry.

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

CORNWALL:- Sennen Shorelark SE of school in wheat fld btwn standing stone + f/pth but elusive SW364256.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh Glossy Ibis 12.30pm + 3 Spoonbill, 2 L.Egret, 2 Garganey.

DEVON:- Broadsands Torbay 30 Whimbrel 3.20pm in off sea + 4 S.Terns, sev.Reed Warbler.

DORSET:- Abbotsbury Swannery fem Ring-necked Duck from in Swannery of distant off Rodden Rd.

DORSET:- Lodmoor RSPB Hobby + 74 Whimbrel.

Red-rumped Swallow 2pm at least.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Bempton RSPB male Hen Harrier + LEOwl, SEOwl, Ring Ouzel.

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

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Old Goole Little Tern noon.

ESSEX:- Lofts Farm GPs White Stork 10.40-10.45am circling then drifted SW.

ESSEX:- Steeple Creek Dotterel 1.30pm in sheep fld S.of creek mouth with Golden Plovers + 2 L.Egret, 2 Sp Redshank.

FLINTSHIRE:- Point of Ayr Grasshopper Warbler + 2 Whinchat, 2 Common Sand, Lsr Whitethroat.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Pennington Flash 6 Black-necked Grebe from Horrock's Hide + 3 Swift. Grasshopper Wblr by Teal Hide.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Spring Mill Resr Greenshank 2.5ml NW of Rochdale

HAMPSHIRE:- Farlington Marshes Spotted Redshank no sign Wood Sand.

HAMPSHIRE:- Southampton Peregrine noon in Woolston on Vospers shed. 13 Brents Dibden Shore.

HAMPSHIRE:- Titchfield Haven NR Whimbrel + 2 Med Gull, Common Sand, 25 Eider, 2 Avocet, 15 C.Tern.

KENT:- Dungeness Balearic Shearwater past am + 2 BTDiver, 2 A.Skua, 14 L.Gull, 2ad Med Gull, 200 C.Scoter, 24 Whimbrel, 30 L.Tern.

Glaucous Gull RPTD offshore + Black Tern, 1s Med Gull at The Patch.

LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake ad Mediterranean Gull 10.10am at E.end + 7 Whimbrel E.@ 6.40am.

LANCASHIRE:- Heysham N.Hbr 5 Arctic Tern past by 9.45am + 2 Eider, 14 S.Tern, 12 C.Tern, C.Scoter, 2 Gannet, 3 Whimbrel.

LANCASHIRE:- R.Lune 1s Iceland Gull 11.05am opp Golden Ball Pub.

LONDON:- Barnes WWT 1s Caspian Gull + 2 Jack Snipe, Common Sand, 17 Swift, Wheatear.

MORAY:- Spey Bay 2 drk Green-winged Teal 1.15pm on W.side of R.Spey mouth with 15 Teal.

NORFOLK:- Blakeney Point 15 Shorelark 11.15am nr Yankee Ridge + m Ring Ouzel, 8 Wheatear.

NORFOLK:- Cley ringtail Hen Harrier E.@ 1.25pm.

NORFOLK:- Colney GPs Arctic Tern + Black Tern, 2 L.Gull.

3 Hobby high over at 12.30pm + 2+Swift, Cetti's Wblr.

NORFOLK:- Framingham Earl Hobby 7.20am + Swift.

NORFOLK:- Hickling Broad Greenshank on Rush Hills + 2 LRP, 15 Ruff, Turtle Dove.

40 Little Gull at Rush Hills + Curlew Sand, 2 Grasshopper Wblr.

NORFOLK:- Holkham Pines Wood Warbler singing at W.end.

NORFOLK:- Holme 6 Ring Ouzel along approach track.

NORFOLK:- Kelling male Montagu's Harrier NE over village at 11.51am.

NORFOLK:- Kelling Heath Ring Ouzel on W.side.

NORFOLK:- Kelling Water Meadow 2 imm Little Gull late am.

Rough-legged Buzzard high S.over at 11.35am.

NORFOLK:- Norwich male Ring Ouzel 8.50am in flds W.of Sweetbriar Marsh viewed from Marriott's Way 300m E.of Helston Bridge.

NORFOLK:- Sheringham Park Wood Warbler 10am nr NT c/pk.

NORFOLK:- Snettisham CP 7+ Ring Ouzel at S.end + 5 Grasshopper Wblr from embankment am + 3 Ring Ouzel around RSPB c/pk.

NORFOLK:- Snettisham RSPB ad Black Brant am flying btw mudflats + fld E.of reserve. Also 1s Med Gull, SEOwl, Scaup, A.Tern.

NORFOLK:- Waxham Sands Hol Camp Ring Ouzel + ringtail Hen Harrier.

NORFOLK:- Weybourne male Lapland Bunting 8.15am at least 400m E.of beach c/pk on clifftop path.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- York 60 Waxwing 7am in Micklegate area nr Bar Walls.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE:- Storton GPs Crane over high N.@ 12.35pm.

SHETLAND:- Fair Isle Spotted Crake

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor NR Bar-tailed Godwit + 2 White Wag Wombwell Ings + 2 Ruff, Blk-t Godwit.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield 12 Waxwing mid am at Mushroom Ln/Winter St jctn.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Belvide Resr 6(4drk) Common Scoter + 2 Black Tern.

SUFFOLK:- Landguard NR 2 Ring Ouzel at S.end + 6 Wheatear, Lsr Whitethroat.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB 2 Grasshopper Warbler + 2 Nightingale, Whimbrel, 3 Sp Redshank, 29 Ruff, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wag.

SUFFOLK:- Suffolk WP White Stork circling high over A14 at 1pm.

SURREY:- Staines Resr 3 Black Tern 1.30pm on N.Basin + 3+LRP, Common Sand, many Swifts.

SUSSEX:- Cuckmere Haven imm Spoonbill 9am on wader scrape.

SUSSEX:- Rye Hbr NR Dotterel 9.13am nr wader pool.

SUSSEX:- Splash Pt 2 Arctic Skua past am + Gt Skua, BTDiver, 3 RTDiver, 92 Whimbrel, 27 C.Scoter, 12 Brent Geese, 12 RbMerg, 54 S.Tern.

WARWICKSHIRE:- Lawford Heath Osprey 9.10am poss twds Draycote Water.

WEST MIDLANDS:- Lutley Wedge Osprey N.@ 10.40am + Swift, Yellow Wag.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Fairburn Ings 1w/1s Bonaparte's Gull 11am on The Cut but mobile.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Upton Warren Sanderling on Flashes + 2 Avocet, Dunlin, 2 Grasshopper Wblr.







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