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Uk sightings Tuesday 17th June 2003



AYRSHIRE:- Saltcoats 120 Manx Shearwater 8.45am on sea off hbr.

AYRSHIRE:- Stevenston Point drk King Eider 3ml WNW of Irvine on sea NS269401.

BERKSHIRE:- Lavell's Lake Bittern 10.30am in flight nr Tern Hide + Redshank.

BERKSHIRE:- Lea Farm Scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover Sandford am + 7 Egyptian Geese.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Cambridge POSS Black Kite RPTD high over city centre at 1pm.

CHESHIRE:- Higher Whitley 2 Tree Sparrow mid a/noon on feeders from Focalpoint window, Marbury House Farm.

CLEVELAND:- Back Saltholme Pool (NZ504224) drk Green-winged Teal 9.45am from road.

Wood Sandpiper 2.30pm but no sign GwTeal.

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

CORNWALL:- Ludgvan Red Kite 1ml NW of Marazion SE @ 9.30am. 2.1s Med Gull Hayle Est.

CUMBRIA:- Bassenthwaite Lake 5(2ad) Osprey

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh Glossy Ibis am from hide + imm Spoonbill.

DEVON:- Kingswear Iberian Chiffchaff singing on Dart Valley Trail past NT Longwood sign down trail on right before boatyard.

DORSET:- Ferrybridge 3 Curlew Sandpiper + 15 Dunlin, Sanderling.

DORSET:- Portland Bill 4 Manx Shearwater E.@ 3.15pm.

ESSEX:- Lee Valley CP male Bearded Tit early pm outside Bittern Watchpoint. Still no sign of Marsh/Blyth's Reed Warbler.

Grasshopper Warbler 3-4.50am but no sign Marsh Wblr (or could be a Blyth's Reed Wblr).

KENT:- Cliffe Pools RSPB imm Spoonbill 11am over black barn, poss flew E.+ LRP, Spot Redshank.

KENT:- Dungeness RSPB 7+ Mediterranean Gull + 1s YlGull, Hobby, Peregrine, 4 Green Sand, Blk-t Godwit. 8 Avocet Denge Marsh.

KENT:- Northward Hill RSPB Spotted Redshank + 2 Green Sand, Bar-t Godwit, 10 Blk-t Godwit.

KENT:- Oare Marshes Great White Egret E.along Swale + flew SE @ 12.25pm.

Spotted Redshank + 8 L.Egret, 5 Msh Harrier, 10 Avocet, 60 Blk-t Godwit.

KENT:- Sandwich Turtle Dove 6-8.15am at least at St.Mary's Church.

LANCASHIRE:- Leighton Moss RSPB 23(inc 3 chicks) Avocet E.Morecambe Complex + s/pl Spot Redshank on Allen Pool + 70 Blk-t Godwit.

LANCASHIRE:- Todderstaffe Hall Turtle Dove 2ml SE of Poulton le Fylde 8.20am by approach track nr farm W.of railway.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Frampton Marsh RSPB Spoonbill 12.15pm.

NORFOLK:- Boughton Fen Grasshopper Warbler reeling + 3 Nightingale, Willow Tit.

NORFOLK:- Buckenham RSPB 2 Little Egret + 1s YlGull, 62 Blk-t Godwit, 6 Bearded Tit.

NORFOLK:- Hickling Broad NWT s/pl Black Tern + gets on Rush Hills. Also A.Tern, 2 L.Tern, 3 LRP, 9 Avocet.

NORFOLK:- Kelling Water Meadow male Marsh Warbler 4pm singing 100m from gate on right of track 200m S.of pool TG096434.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Budle Bay (NU153349) 1s Spoonbill 10am.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Hallcroft GPs (SK692831) s/pl Whiskered Tern NW of Retford 8.30am + Black Tern 6.30am only. Take Randall Way NE off A638 then L.on Hallcroft Rd + park at end.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor RSPB 2(1drk) Garganey on The Mere.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Blithfield Resr s/pl Red-necked Grebe 3.30pm in Tad Bay + L.Egret. 1s YlGull RPTD briefly.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Cannock Chase 5 Nightjar last night 9.30-10.45pm btw Katyn Memorial + White House c/pk.

SUFFOLK:- Lowestoft Hbr s/pl Sabine's Gull 9.30am off South Pier on rocks + 1s drk Eider in area.

WILDLIFE:- E.YKS Hummingbird Hawkmoth at Beverley in gdn of 150 Grovehill Rd.



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