World Trip Reports

uk sightings wednesday 12th march 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk and BIRDCALL


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

BEDFORD:- 2ml NW of Harpenden 5 Crane 9.45am off A1081 in maize strip E.of West Hyde viewed from rd opp cottages TL116170.

BEDFORD:- Biggleswade Common Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling am (TL188471) + singing Chiffchaff in wood btw Lodge + Biggleswade Common. Brambling by Jacks Pond.

BEDFORD:- Stotfold 100 Golden Plover 9.30am from track opp Fox + Duck Pub + 10 Yellowhammer, 6 Reed Bunting.

CHESHIRE:- Higher Whitley Tree Sparrow mid am on Focalpoint feeders + Coal Tit.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm Long-tailed Duck + drk Smew, 3 Spot Redshank, Ruff, Sand Martin, Buzzard, RPTD House Martin.

CHESHIRE:- Moore NR 1w Glaucous Gull 11.45am on pools S.of Arpley Tip (no access to tip itself).

CORNWALL:- Penzance 1w Rose-col Starling am on Chapel St/Custom House Ln area SW474302.

CUMBRIA:- Campfield Marsh, Solway Water Pipit 10am on the Roadside Pool favouring mud on back rhs of scrape.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh (SX972875) Glossy Ibis late am + 3 Spoonbill, sev.Sand Martin.

DEVON:- Northam Burrows CP male Wheatear pm on The Skern.

DORSET:- Portland Firecrest at Culverwell + Wheatear in Bill area + 2 Chiffchaff.

DORSET:- Weymouth male Black Redstart 8.30am on S.side of Nothe Fort.

DORSET:- Worth Matravers Red Kite mid am viewed from Renscombe Farm.

ESSEX:- Holland Brook Valley (TM202194) Rough-legged Buzzard 3ml NNE of Clacton 11.40-12.45 at least 100m S.of viaduct.

ESSEX:- Westcliff-on-sea ad Ring-billed Gull 10am on seafront + 6(2ad,2s,3.1s) Med Gull.

GLAMORGAN:- Swansea Enterprise Park 1s Ring-billed Gull 2ml NE of Swansea 1pm on Fendrod Lake SS675967.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Bickershaw 2 Jack Snipe + 2 Stonechat.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Cheadle Hulme 20 Waxwing 1.25pm in Bellfield Avenue.

HAMPSHIRE:- Aldershot 12 Waxwing 7.50am in tree W.of A331 by Blackwater Aqueduct viewed from Blackwater Valley f/pth.

HAMPSHIRE:- Petersfield 3 Waxwing til 11.20am on Winton Rd then flew N.

HAMPSHIRE:- Titchfield Haven NR Water Pipit + 2 Mandarin in off sea. 130+Eider offshore.

HERTFORDSHIRE:- Kingsbourne Green 5 Crane 2ml NW of Harpenden NW over at 12.14pm.

HIGHLAND:- Wick 2 1w drk American Wigeon am by Wick River on grass btw Safeway c/pk + footbridge to the west ND360510.

KENT:- 1.25ml W.of Sandwich Great Grey Shrike 10.50am 500m W.of A256 bypass S.of A257 bhnd poplars TR313585.

KENT:- Capel-le-Ferne Firecrest on Old Dover Rd in bushes by old cafe. 2 Crossbill E.btw 7-8.45am + 13 Siskin, 1000+Chaffinch.

LANCASHIRE:- Bradshaw Lane Head 70 Tree Sparrow + 10 Yellowhammer. 30 Corn Bunting Eagland Hill S.Feeding Stn + 20 Tree Sparrow, L.Owl on digger, Stoat in ermine.

LANCASHIRE:- Earnsdale Resr 2 White Wagtail am on N.shore.

LANCASHIRE:- S.of Cumming Carr ad Ross's Goose 1.75ml SE of Pilling 11am with PfGeese SD424464.

LANCASHIRE:- Sunnyhurst Woods ringtail Hen Harrier E.over early am.

LEICESTERSHIRE:- Rutland Water Great Grey Shrike early pm 300N.of Egleton Birdwatching Centre.

LONDON:- Rainham Marshes 1w Glaucous Gull E.@ 11.15am.

MERSEYSIDE:- Prescot Resr POSS 1w Double-crested Cormorant 2.40pm on causeway.

NORFOLK:- btw Somerton + Horsey Tundra Bean Goose 9.25am in 2nd fld W.of B1159 with WfGoose, 75 PfGeese, 2 Crane opp Nelson Head Pub. Merlin Waxham Sands.

NORFOLK:- Gramborough Hill 5 Stonechat Salthouse.

NORFOLK:- Hickling 4 Barn Owl 7.30-8.10am hunting marshy area nr village + 2 Marsh Harrier. 2prs Marsh Harrier btw Horsey + Somerton.

NORFOLK:- Holkham Gap 6 Shorelark 3pm + 20-30 Twite, sev.Skylarks & Meadow Pipits.

NORFOLK:- Horsey Mill 2 Crane 10.10am.

NORFOLK:- N.of Wells 2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose pm off Beach Rd on soccer pitch.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Campsite Wood Yellow-browed Warbler pm with LtTits in Holm Oaks but mobile. 3 L.Egret on marshes + 20+DbBrent Geese.

NORFOLK:- Thetford 27 Waxwing 7am off A134 Bury Rd on Mill Lane.

NORFOLK:- Titchwell RSPB 2 Cetti's Warbler singing 200m along path from visitor cntr.

2 Red-throated Diver past at 10.45am + RbMerg.

OXFORDSHIRE:- Dix Pit Little Ringed Plover + 3ad YlGull, 2 Oystercatcher, Stonechat.

OXFORDSHIRE:- Farmoor Resr Wheatear on causeway am.

SHETLAND:- btw Unst + Yell fem King Eider in Bluemull Sound off Belmont.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Old Moor NR 2w Glaucous Gull am.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Sheffield Richard's Pipit 1.50pm at Birley Edge in fld W.of derelict building on Skew Hill SK329933.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Basford 18 Waxwing 1ml NE of Newcastle 7.50am on Basford Park Rd SJ857472.

SUFFOLK:- 2ml ESE of Ipswich 4 Waxwing 7.45am at Broke Hall by Bixley Rd/Princethorpe Rd jctn TM195434.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB 90 Avocet + 9 Ruff, 21 Blk-t Godwit.

SURREY:- Staines Moor 7 Water Pipit late am.

SUSSEX:- 1ml SW of Pease Pottage 4 Brambling 8.35am in stubble by Grouse Rd opp Shelley Farm TQ246324.






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