World Trip Reports

uk sightings thursday 27th february 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL

ABERDEENSHIRE:- Aberdeen 40 Waxwing 12.30pm on Thistle Place opp JNCC Offices briefly.

AYRSHIRE:- Maidens ad Iceland Gull pm on beach N.of hbr + 2 PbBrent Geese.

BEDFORD:- 1.5ml SSE of Woburn Great Grey Shrike 1.40pm 100m SE of road to Potsgrove by A4012 on wires.

BEDFORD:- Sandy Heath fem Black Redstart pm on rusty crane on other side of quarry fence nr portakabins TL199491.

BERKSHIRE:- Bottom Lane Floods Common Sandpiper RPTD 2pm + Green Sand RPTD 1.20pm.

BERKSHIRE:- Dinton Pastures 4 Egyptian Goose on Black Swan Lake.

BERKSHIRE:- Hurst Tip Red Kite 1.45pm.

BERKSHIRE:- Lavell's Lake Water Rail 8.15am calling.

BERKSHIRE:- Windsor Great Park 2 Firecrest 10am 200m inside pk gates in trees by main track SU946702.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Bedford Purlieus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling in Upper Forty Acres + Woodcock flushed.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Cambridge Firecrest early pm in Girton at end of track bhnd BirdLife International Office.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Chesterton Corn Mill Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Eldernell male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker am in trees bhnd house nr c/pk. 18+Siskin Lords Holt + 5 .Redpoll, 96+Fieldfare, 35+Redwing.

CHESHIRE:- Burton Marsh 16 European White-fronted Goose distant from Denhall Ln + 100 PfGeese. 60 Bewick's Swan from Denhall Quay.

CHESHIRE:- Elton Hall Flash Mediterranean Gull 1.30pm + 25 Ruff.

CHESHIRE:- Higher Whitley Tree Sparrow early pm on Focalpoint feeders + pr Coal Tit, m Gt Sp Woodpecker.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm drk Smew

CLEVELAND:- Wynyard Park Waxwing pm on estate bhnd Bells shop. 2 Whooper Swan Cowpen Marsh.

CLWYD:- Bodafon Fields (SH808817) 5+ Woodlark just E.of Llandudno 1pm in stubble flds, view from roads or public f/pths only.

CO.DURHAM:- S.Shields Lapland Bunting at The Leas still NZ395657.

CORNWALL:- just SW of Sennen 1w American Herring Gull 9.30am in flds N.of A30 opp B3315 jctn then flew SW.

CORNWALL:- Penzance 1w Rose-col Starling 10am off Chapel St in gdns on Custom House Ln, often by scaffolding nr house called Little Galleon SW474302.

CORNWALL:- Sennen Cove 1w Black Guillemot + 3 Med Gull, GNDiver.

DORSET:- Durlston CP Firecrest in wood + 4 Crossbill over + BTDiver.

DORSET:- SE of Abbotsbury 6 Tundra Bean Goose on flooded flds by Swannery by road to Rodden + 10 European WfGeese.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Milton Loch (NX839715) drk Lesser Scaup 9ml WSW of Dumfries still + f Scaup.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Goole Waxwing on Normandy Way.

ESSEX:- Maldon 17 Waxwing 3.20pm in trees by 6 Wordsworth Ave TL852058.

ESSEX:- Westcliff-on-sea 2w Mediterranean Gull 10.45am on groynes opp Rossis Ices.

ad Ring-billed Gull 12.20pm on sea opp Rossi's icecream parlour + on beach 8 Sanderling (coming to bread!), 6 Turnstone.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Frampton on Severn 2 Little Egret noon on pools nr Splatt Bridge.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Slimbridge WWT juv Lesser White-fronted Goose 10.35am from Holden Tower with 80+European WfGeese.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:- Tortworth 5 ad Crane 1.5ml NE of M5 j14 til 9.10am in stubble ST704936 then flew low SE, have done this sev.times + returned.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Amberswood Lake fem Stonechat am + Siskins, Redpolls, pr Goosander, GtSpWoodpecker, pr Bullfinch. No Sign GtGShrike.

HAMPSHIRE:- 1ml E.of Cheesefoot Hd Black Kite 12.45pm over Gander Down, then flew S.+ Red Kite, 4 Buzzard.

HAMPSHIRE:- Aldershot a few Brambling am at Rushmore Arena.

HAMPSHIRE:- Farlington Marshes ad Black Brant 2.50pm on N.Marsh nr seawall with 1000+DbBrents.

HAMPSHIRE:- New Forest Great Grey Shrike 11am at Beaulieu Rd Stn 300m S.of railway bridge.

HAMPSHIRE:- nr Winchester 4 Waxwing 11am at M3 Roadchef services.

HAMPSHIRE:- Weston Shore 2 ad Little Gull S.@ 7.30am + RTDiver, L.Egret.

HERTFORDSHIRE:- Bishops Stortford 13 Waxwing 3.05pm in rail stn c/pk.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Hoopoe 9.25am by Porthloo Farm then flew to private land.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St.Agnes Hoopoe at Porth Killier.

KENT:- 600m W.of Sandwich bypass Great Grey Shrike 9.40am c600yds W.of A256 bypass on S.side of A257.

KENT:- Whitstable Firecrest midday by golfcourse.

LANCASHIRE:- 1ml NNW of Pilling Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1.15pm E.of Fluke hall with PfGeese, DbBrent, European WfGoose, 2 Barnacle Geese SD359499.

LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT fem Ferruginous Duck 10am from Swan Link Hide + Firecrest by Janet Kear Hide.

LANCASHIRE:- Morecambe 14 Waxwing 11am on Clarendon Road nr hairdressers.

LANCASHIRE:- Sunnyhurst Resr pr Shoveler over W.

LEICESTERSHIRE:- Groby Pool drk Red-crested Pochard + 1+drk Mandarin.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- RAF Cranwell 1w Rose-col Starling 3ml NW of Sleaford noon on Flowerdown Ave.

NORFOLK:- Barnhamcross Common 2+ Hawfinch 1ml S.of Thetford off A134 8.30am by pumping stn TL870816.

NORFOLK:- btw Holkham + Burnham Overy Staithe Black Redstart 1.10pm in fld by A149 nr large earth mound.

NORFOLK:- Cley NWT Spotted Redshank on Arnolds Marsh + L.Egret.

NORFOLK:- Eaton Pk, Norwich 2 Crossbill 9.30am in SE cnr.

NORFOLK:- Holme Shorelark on beach by Gore Pt + 14 LtDuck, singing Chiffchaff.

NORFOLK:- Holt CP 2+ Crossbill (no details).

NORFOLK:- Mundford 25+ Waxwing am off A1065 on Crown Rd.

NORFOLK:- N.of W.Somerton Short-eared Owl 7.45-50am at least over wood by B1159.

NORFOLK:- Taverham GPs Slavonian Grebe 4ml NW of Norwich S.of Anglian Water access track.

NORFOLK:- Warham Fort 1w Glaucous Gull SW over am.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE:- Towcester 4 Waxwing by front door of leisure cntr.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- btw Warkworth + Acklington ringtail Hen Harrier 7.55am in roadside hedge.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Harwood Forest Great Grey Shrike 11.30am NY997922 + 12 Crossbill. Park in Harwood Village + walk N.on forest track for 1ml to clearfell.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Stakeford Red-necked Grebe on pond viewed from Earth balance Centre c/pk.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Forest Town Great Grey Shrike 2.5ml ENE of Mansfield 1.50pm off Lime Grove on Newlands Rd N.of concrete troughs SK576622.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Gringley Carr 2 Bewick's Swan nr pumping stn + ringtail Hen Harrier.

OXFORDSHIRE:- Farmoor Resr Long-tailed Duck on basin 2 off E.bank.

SHROPSHIRE:- Chetwynd Pool redhead Smew nr Newport off N.end of island + Kingfisher.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Doncaster 3 Waxwing 8.40am on E.side at Armthorpe by Southfield Primary School grounds off Tranmoor Lane.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Longton 24 Waxwing 3ml SE of Stoke on Longton Hall Rd by John Marston Pub.

STRATHCLYDE:- Glasgow 21 Waxwing N.of centre in Port Dundas at jctn of A81 Garscube Rd/st Georges Rd NS586669.

SUFFOLK:- Barton Mills 10+ Waxwing 7.45am on A11 r/bout TL728741.

SURREY:- 3.5ml WNW of Woking 15 Waxwing am at West End on Kerria Way.

SUSSEX:- S.of Piddinghoe Pond POSS Taiga Bean Goose 1ml N.of Newhaven RPTD 7.30am with 35 WfGeese, 2 PfGeese.

SUSSEX:- Wiston Park Lake fem Ring-necked Duck 1.5ml W.of Steyning from A283 1/2ml W.of B2135 jctn TQ165128.

WARWICKSHIRE:- Studley 7 Waxwing 2pm along A435 at Manor House Gardens.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Bradford 40+ Waxwing in Greengates opp Sainsbury's petrol stn.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Grimley 6 European White-fronted Goose in flds E.of Camp Lane. Nrby ad European WfGoose at Holt Prairies.




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