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uk sightings wednesday 21st May 2003



ARGYLL & BUTE:- Kilmelford ad Rose-col Starling 12ml S.of Oban 3pm by A816 in sheep fld by village stores.

AYRSHIRE:- Troon Hbr Great Northern Diver N.past by 7.30am + 3 RTDiver.

BERKSHIRE:- Burnthouse Lane GPs Common Sandpiper 9am + 2prs Shelduck.

4 Little Ringed Plover pm + R.Plover.

BERKSHIRE:- Cold Harbour male Blue-headed Wagtail 7.35am calling from tops of pea crop (hybrid not ruled out).

BERKSHIRE:- Twyford male Lesser Whitethroat 10.30am on S.side of rail line viewed from main station c/pk.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Linford Turnstone am.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Fen Drayton GPs Quail noon singing in 1st cornfield left of track from windmill + 2+Yellow Wagtail.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Ouse Washes RSPB 4 Hobby in area am + 12 Avocet, sev.Turtle Dove, 2 Dunlin N.over, 4(3drk) Garganey on Common Wash.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Priors Fen Hobby am + 2 Turtle Dove, 4 Yellow Wag, 2 Corn Bunting. Subad m Marsh Harrier Stonebridge Cnr.

CARMARTHENSHIRE:- WWT National Wetlands Centre Avocet + 5 Whimbrel, 40 Blk-t Godwit.

Co.CORK:- Cork Hbr Pomarine Skua

Co.CORK:- Dursey Sound White-crowned Sparrow in gdn down track to left 1km before c/pk.

CORNWALL:- Tolcarne Beach Storm Petrel Penzance 9.30am lingering.

CUMBRIA:- Longtown Ponds drk Lesser Scaup am on Mart Pool with 10 Tufted Ducks. 5 Blk-t Godwit 1km upriver from bridge.

DERBYSHIRE:- Padley Gorge 2pr Pied Flycatcher early am + 2 Whinchat on moors above gorge + 3 Tree Pipit.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh Glossy Ibis 7.15am + 2 Spoonbill.

DEVON:- Dawlish Warren NR 2 ad Roseate Tern late am lingering offshore.

DEVON:- Kingswear Iberian Chiffchaff 7am on Dart Valley Trail. Go rt off A379 twds Higher Ferry into c/pk. Go rt on trail + bird on L.nr NT Longwood sign.

DEVON:- Morte Point ad Dark phase Pomarine Skua W.@ 6.30am + 6 C.Scoter.

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:- Wigtown Hbr Wetland 3(2drk) Garganey

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Openshaw Pk, Bury 1+ Little Ringed Plover by Waterfold Business Park nr M66 j2 10.10am.

HAMPSHIRE:- Hayling Island 56 Manx Shearwater E.past by 7am + G.Skua.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Savi's Warbler 8.30am at least singing on + off at Porthellick Pool.

KENT:- Walland Marsh Marsh Sandpiper at a private site but no access currently.

LANCASHIRE:- Aldcliffe Marsh 2s Iceland Gull 11am viewed from by Golden Ball Pub.

LANCASHIRE:- Alston Resrs s/pl Curlew Sandpiper S.of Longridge 1pm on No.1 resr.

LANCASHIRE:- Leighton Moss RSPB Savi's Warbler 6.40am to right of Tim Jackson Hide showing well + singing.

LANCASHIRE:- Marton Mere LNR Great Reed Warbler 2ml E.of Blackpool 1.35pm singing in reeds bhnd island.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Gibraltar Point NNR Purple Heron 10.40am landed on W.side of old saltmarsh but no fthr sign by noon. Osprey SW @ 11.10am. No sign Thrush Nightingale late am.

Thrush Nightingale 7.30am singing at S.end of E.Dunes by Shorebird Wardens hut, do not enter scrub.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Twigmoor Woods fem Montagu's Harrier 2ml E.of Messingham 11.55am.

LONDON:- Bexleyheath Golfcourse Honey Buzzard S.@ 11.10am.

LOTHIAN:- 1/4ml N.of Torness Pwr Stn male Grey-headed Wagtail in fld off A1 at Barns Ness/Skateraw rd jctn NT739748. Blue-h Wag nrby + 6 Yellow Wag.

LOTHIAN:- Aberlady Bay Spotted Flycatcher + White Wagtail.

LOTHIAN:- Musselburgh Lagoons drk Surf Scoter am offshore.

NORFOLK:- 2nd fld N.of Horsey Cnr Short-eared Owl 3.15pm at least W.of B1159.

NORFOLK:- Cley 2 Little Egret flew twds Arnolds Marsh.

NORFOLK:- Felbrigg Hall Firecrest late am. From Lions Mouth entrance take path left from gatehouse for 100m to view.

NORFOLK:- Happisburgh Balearic Shearwater S.@ 6.55am.

NORFOLK:- Hickling Broad 1w Bonaparte's Gull 4.20pm on Rush Hills Scrape + 2 L.Gull, LRP.

NORFOLK:- Stiffkey Fen (TF987440) 4 Temminck's Stint + 3 L.Gull, 2 LRP.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE:- Earls Barton Great Skua 7.50am at least at Summer Leys NR viewable from 30m left of feeding station.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE:- Summer Leys NR Hoopoe 10.55am briefly from Pioneer Hide.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Holy Island 1s Surf Scoter 1.05pm N.of Snipe Point with Eider.

PEMBROKESHIRE:- Pembroke Mill Pool NR drk Blue-winged Teal early pm.

SHETLAND:- Fair Isle male Bluethroat + 2f Red-b Shrike.

fem Subalpine Warbler by plantation + f RbShrike.

SHROPSHIRE:- Brown Clee Hill sev. Tree Pipit along Summit Trail + Whinchat, Wheatear.

SUFFOLK:- Lakenheath RSPB sev. Golden Oriole feeding on fallen trees in plantation showing well. DO NOT enter plantations.

SUSSEX:- Birling Gap 98 Manx Shearwater past by 8am.

WILDLIFE:- NORF Adder at Walsey Hills NOA, Cley.

WORCESTERSHIRE:- Grimley new workings 3 Dunlin + R.Plover.







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