World Trip Reports

uk sightings tuesday 18th march 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL

ABERDEENSHIRE:- Garthdee 20+ Waxwing 3ml SW of Aberdeen 9.10am N.of Bridge of Dee off A90 on Garthdee Rd opp Scott Sutherland exit.

ANGLESEY:- Cemlyn RSPB Sandwich Tern + 3 Wheatear, 163 Golden Plover.

ANGLESEY:- S.Stack 2 Black Redstart + 15 Chough, 2 Wheatear.

Hooded Crow + 2 Puffin on sea. 2 Black Redstart in cafe flds + 1 on cliff 500m S.of Ellins Tower.

ANGLESEY:- Soldier's Point 3 Black Redstart + White Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff.

ARGYLL & BUTE:- Loch Feochan drk American Wigeon off Kilninver Cemy with Wigeon.

AYRSHIRE:- Lendalfoot ad Glaucous Gull 6ml SW of Girvan am on sea off N.side of village from A77 layby.

BEDFORD:- 1.5ml SSE of Woburn Great Grey Shrike 11.50am on wires by A4102 nr road to Potsgrove.

BEDFORD:- Biggleswade Common Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in wood on N.edge (TL187473) + 3 Chiffchaff, 30+Goldcrest.

BEDFORD:- Flitwick Moor male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 8am on N.crosspath before narrow bridge (going E.from small parking area).

BEDFORD:- The Lodge, Sandy 4 Crossbill in silver birches nr wildlife garden til 1.45pm.

BERKSHIRE:- Kennet & Avon Canal Cetti's Warbler Thatcham 1.15pm showing well, others heard. Red Kite over main reedbed nr Widmead Lock 12.45pm.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Furzton Lake Dunlin pm nr the sluice + Scandinavian Rock Pipit.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- NW of Hedgerley 4 male Crossbill 11.45am at Andrew Hill Ln + 20 Brambling, pr Buzzard.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- btw Whittlesey + March Crane in fld by railway TL370977.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Fen Drayton GPs Great Grey Shrike 11.10am in bushes in flooded fld E.of Oxholme Lake viewed off entrance track.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Godmanchester GPs 2 Green Sandpiper + 2(4s,1s)YlGull.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Peterborough sev. Waxwing 8.15am at Harewood Gardens/Suffolk Close jctn TL166987.

CHESHIRE:- Eccleston Ferry, Chester pr Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 7.30am + pr Mandarin, Kingfisher, Mink.

CHESHIRE:- Frodsham Marsh 3 Avocet 11.15am on Weaver bend. Green Sand on No.5 tank new diggings. Little Stint in area + Peregrine.

CHESHIRE:- Higher Whitley Tree Sparrow 11.35am on Focalpoint feeders.

CHESHIRE:- Marbury CP 2 male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 9am in Big Wood.

CHESHIRE:- Parkgate Marsh 9 Little Egret at S.end over high tide.

CLEVELAND:- Stockton-on-Tees 8 Waxwing 12.45pm on New Durham rd from Maypole Pub.

CORNWALL:- Rinsey Cove 2 Hoopoe RPTD flushed from heath.

CUMBRIA:- Hodbarrow RSPB 4 Sandwich Tern am.

CUMBRIA:- Keswick 10 Waxwing bhnd Skiddaw Hotel.

CUMBRIA:- Port Carlisle Common Sandpiper + 3 Chiffchaff singing, Kingfisher. Chiffchaff at Nestle Works, Dalton.

DEVON:- Bere Ferrers Goshawk 3.20pm flying NW up R.Tavy.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) Glossy Ibis 10am + 4 Spoonbill.

DORSET:- Avon Valley White Stork 9.35am at least off Sopley Bible College.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Loch Ryan 2w drk King Eider 5ml N.of Stranraer off A77 layby N.of Cairnryan NX050690 + RnGrebe.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Slavonian Grebe from Xerox Hide + Water Pipit Ousefleet Hide.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Hornsea Mere 2w Glaucous Gull evng.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Hull drk Ring-necked Duck 11am on East Park Lake from feeding area.

GLAMORGAN:- Black Pill ad Ring-billed Gull + 5 Med Gull.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Marple ad Night Heron flushed from roost by R.Goyt nr Roman Lakes at dusk, almost certainly the usual escape, present here for over 1 year.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Scotmans Flash 2 Black-necked Grebe

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Stockport 20 Waxwing 8.15am at Rosemary Way/Upper Brook Street in rowans by BMW Garage.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Wigan Flashes Bittern in Bryn Marsh reedbed.

Great Grey Shrike at Moss Bridge SD583033. 2 BnGrebes still Scotman's Flash mid a/noon.

GWENT:- Uskmouth NR Great White Egret 5.30-45pm flew E.over lagoons.

GWYNEDD:- Bardsey Island Ring Ouzel + 6 Black Redstart, Crossbill, 10 Wheatear, 15 Chiffchaff.

GWYNEDD:- Llanfairfechan Slavonian Grebe off prom + 2+RTDiver, many Razorbill, a few C.Scoter, but misty.

HAMPSHIRE:- Aldershot 13 Waxwing 6.45am on E.side of A331 in trees by Blackwater River aqueduct SU887514.

HAMPSHIRE:- Hook Scrape 4 Dartford Warbler + 8 Chiffchaff.

HAMPSHIRE:- New Forest 2 Great Grey Shrike 1 at Black Gutter Bottom + 1 nr Bramshaw Telegraph c/pk.

HIGHLAND:- Kingussie 1w White-tailed Eagle 1.30pm over Highland Wildlife Pk, then over Insh Marshes + at 1.45pm over hill W.of Pk mobbed by Buzzards.

ISLE OF WIGHT:- St Catherines Pt Black Redstart + 64 Common Scoter past + 12 RTDiver, 2 Pintail.

KENT:- Bough Beech Resr Goshawk RPTD N.@ 1.05pm.

KENT:- Cobham 1+ Waxwing 3.5ml W.of Rochester S.@ 11am.

KENT:- Northward Hill RSPB Short-eared Owl + Marsh Harrier, 7 Ruff.

KENT:- Oare Marshes Water Pipit + 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard W., 2 RbMerg. Barn Owl Harty Ferry + Hen Harrier.

LANCASHIRE:- Fleetwood 3(2drk) Garganey on pools near Jameson rd (SD338463).

LANCASHIRE:- Leighton Moss RSPB 5 Avocet 12.35pm on Allen pools showing well.

pr Garganey 11.20am from Grisedale Hide.

LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT Bean Goose RPTD from NW Water Hide with PfGeese.

LONDON:- Regent's Park 1w drk Lesser Scaup 9.45am on Queen Mary Rose Garden lake.

NORFOLK:- Cley NWT 1s Mediterranean Gull am on Pat's Pool.

NORFOLK:- Gt Yarmouth cemy Firecrest in S.Section.

NORFOLK:- Holkham Pines 2 Firecrest 1.45pm 400m W.of Meals House in dead ivy covered tree.

NORFOLK:- Holme male Sardinian Warbler 7.20am in bushes on right of f/pth that cuts across golfcourse by S.edge of dunes.

NORFOLK:- Roydon Common Great Grey Shrike 11am still.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Campsite Wood Yellow-browed Warbler am 100m E.of crosstracks.

NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB POSS Baird's Sandpiper UNCONFIRMED REPORT pm on beach (no details).

NORFOLK:- Walsey Hills Cetti's Warbler showing well.

NORFOLK:- Warham Greens juv Pallid Harrier in at 5.39pm, hunting at 6pm + roosted at 6.20pm.

NORFOLK:- West Runton 1+ Lapland Bunting 1pm in ploughed fld by beach c/pk.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:- Cowbar 10+ Shorelark in ploughed fld by Cleveland Way + 3 Lapland Bunting.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Newcastle 2 Waxwing 8.15am at A167 Ponteland Rd/A191 Springfield Rd jctn nr school.

PEMBROKESHIRE:- Fishguard Hbr 1w Iceland Gull from c/pk with flagpoles.

SOMERSET:- Chew Valley Lake ad Kumliens Gull 6.15pm from Woodford Lodge.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor NR 1w Glaucous Gull 11.05am + Bittern on No.4 reedbed.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield 2w Glaucous Gull pm on landfill N.of Meadow Hall, E.of M1 j34 + ad YlGull.

Richard's Pipit 10.40m at Birley Edge in fld W.of derelict building on Skew Hill SK329933 but v.mobile.

SUFFOLK:- 3ml NE of Newmarket Red Kite 8.30am N.over A11 by Red Lodge sliproad.

SUFFOLK:- Benacre Broad Red Kite over am + 15 Buzzard.

SUFFOLK:- Elveden Great Grey Shrike am N.of A11 at E.end of Weather Heath nr monument TL785778.

SUFFOLK:- S.of Eastbridge Crane 7.30am on W.side of Leiston to Eastbridge rd in maize showing well TM452656.

SUFFOLK:- Sizewell Firecrest in wood bhnd beach c/pk + Chiffchaff.

SUSSEX:- Newhaven Tidemills fem Serin on waste ground by industrial estate.

SUSSEX:- Piddinghoe Lake juv Red-throated Diver 1ml N.of Newhaven

WEST YORKSHIRE:- Burley in Wharfedale 40+ Waxwing 4.45pm at Menston r/bout on A65.

WEST YORKSHIRE:- SE of Leeds 50 Waxwing around Sainsbury's at A63/A1(M) jctn.

WILDLIFE:- NORF several Adder at Walsey Hills Cley showing well.



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