World Trip Reports

Uk sightings Wednesday 7th may 2003



Thanks to www.fpoint.co.uk And BIRDCALL

AYRSHIRE:- Blackcraig Hill 3(1f) Dotterel 4.5ml SSE of New Cumnock pm by fence N.of trig pt NS647066.

BEDFORD:- Roxton Pit 2 Little Ringed Plover + 2 R.Plover, Common Sand, 2 Redshank.

BERKSHIRE:- Finchampstead 2 Spoonbill S.@ 4.05pm.

BERKSHIRE:- Moatlands GPs Common Sandpiper

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:- Shardeloes Lake (SU943981) drk White-headed Duck at W.end.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Cam Washes drk Garganey Upware + Hobby, Spot Redshank, 2 Msh Harrier. Common Sand along R.Cam btw Waterbeach + Upware + 6+Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, 3 Lsr Whitethroat.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Fen Drayton GPs 2 Spoonbill S.@ 12.25pm + 9+Hobby in area am.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- Stanground Wash 30 Tree Pipit NW @ 9.30am.

CHESHIRE:- Frodsham Marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover on No.4 Tank + 119 Blk-t Godwit. 4+Whinchat in area + 2 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail.

CHESHIRE:- Inner Marsh Farm Temminck's Stint 11.45am at rear of No.2 Lagoon.

CHESHIRE:- Marbury CP male Pied Flycatcher singing at 4.30pm nr stream past Ice House feeders in Big Wood.

CLEVELAND:- Back Saltholme Pool Marsh Sandpiper 7.15am but not since NZ505227.

Co.WEXFORD:- Saltee Islands Short-toed Lark + Woodchat Shrike.

CORNWALL:- Dozmary Pool (SX195745) fem Ring-necked Duck Bodmin Moor am.

CORNWALL:- Lands End Golden Oriole on cycletrack 100m N.of boarded up white house + Yellow Wag over.

CUMBRIA:- Campfield Marsh, Solway 3 Lesser Whitethroat at North Plains RSPB + Cuckoo.

CUMBRIA:- R.Esk 4 1s Little Gull 1km upriver from Longtown Bridge.

CUMBRIA:- Skinburness 7 Pomarine Skua E.@ 1.50pm + A.Skua. 15 Whimbrel on beach.

DORSET:- Abbotsbury Swannery fem Ring-necked Duck view in Swannery or distant off Rodden Rd.

DORSET:- Durlston CP 5 Pomarine Skua RPTD past am + Common Sand, Yellow wag, Nightingale.

DORSET:- Portland Bill 2 Pomarine Skua past 11am.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Blacktoft Sands RSPB drk Garganey + Spot Redshank, 32 Blk-t Godwit.

GTR. MANCHESTER:- Healey Dell NR Ruddy Shelduck evng on Broadley Pond SD880162.

GWYNEDD:- Foel-fras 8 Dotterel 4ml S.of Llanfairfechan on summit plateau SH696682.

HAMPSHIRE:- Winchester swg fm Hobby 1.45pm over pool.

HIGHLAND:- Loch Morlich Red-throated Diver calling. No Capercaillie on organised RSPB watch this am.

ISLE OF MAN:- Langness Whinchat 12.30pm by Derbyhaven Aero Club + 20+Whimbrel.

ISLE OF WIGHT:- St Catherines Pt Serin W.over am + Black Redstart at farm + A.Skua past.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- Bryher Woodchat Shrike 11.40am btw campsite + golfcourse.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Martin's Short-toed Lark early pm on tracks across the plains above Middle Town.

ISLES OF SCILLY:- St Mary's Savi's Warbler at Porthellick Pool opp hides showing well + f Montagu's Harrier 7.40am.

KENT:- Denge Marsh Curlew Sandpiper + L.Stint, 3 LRP, 2 Greenshank. Med Gull Dungeness RSPB Burrowes Pit + 1s L.Gull.

Temminck's Stint RPTD.

KENT:- Dungeness 1s Little Gull at The Patch but still no sign Audouin's Gull by 11.45am.

4(2s,3.1s) Mediterranean Gull at The Patch.

KENT:- Dungeness RSPB 2s Audouin's Gull UNCONFIRMED REPORTS at 2.55pm + 3.30pm on Burrowes Pit but not since (NO DETAILS).

KENT:- Northward Hill RSPB Hobby + Peregrine, 3 Med Gull.

LANCASHIRE:- Brockholes Quarry ad Kittiwake 6.45am at least + 3 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sand, 3 Blk-t Godwit.

LANCASHIRE:- Fairhaven Lake 1s Mediterranean Gull 1.20pm on lake nr cafe.

LANCASHIRE:- just SE of Rawcliffe 1s Mediterranean Gull in gull flock SD408414.

LANCASHIRE:- Martin Mere WWT Black Tern + 2 C.Tern, L.Stint, Sanderling, Common Sand, 2 LRP, Yellow Wag, Wheatear, 200 PfGeese but distant.

LANCASHIRE:- R.Lune 2s Iceland Gull 12.15pm opp Golden Ball Pub SD449615.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Freiston Shore RSPB fem Montagu's Harrier + SEOwl, 2 PbBrent Geese.

LOTHIAN:- Aberlady Bay Buff-breasted Sandpiper 10am on edge of saltmarsh 400m S.f sandpit. Take main f/pth from timber bridge to view.

Crane 8pm. Buff-br Sand last reported 7pm.

MERSEYSIDE:- Ainsdale 2 Little Egret S.over lake at 10am.

MERSEYSIDE:- Marshside RSPB drk Garganey + 6 Avocet, White Wag from Nels Hide mid a/noon.

NORFOLK:- Beeston Bump Richard's Pipit 7.15-7.30am in fld on E.side then flew W.

NORFOLK:- Buckenham RSPB Whimbrel + Ruff, Common Sand, 2 Yellow Wag.

NORFOLK:- Cley Curlew Sandpiper on Arnold's Marsh. In area 1s Med Gull, 12 Yellow Wag, 2 Greenshank, Common Sand, 50 Blk-t Godwit, Wheatear.

4 Little Egret E.over Walsey Hills at 11.10am.

NORFOLK:- Cley NWT 2(1drk) Garganey from Teal Hide + Tree Pipit over.

NORFOLK:- Hickling Broad 1w Bonaparte's Gull in evng on Rush Hills Scrape + main broad.

NORFOLK:- Strumpshaw Fen RSPB 2 Hobby

NORFOLK:- Winterton N.Dunes 22 Whimbrel early pm + White Wagtail, 5 Wheatear.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Hauxley NR Lesser Yellowlegs late am from Wader Hide.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:- Attenborough NR Hobby 4.35pm over The Delta + Kingfisher.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE:- Edderthorpe Flash Wood Sandpiper 9am. Marsh Harrier over Old Moor RSPB 7.30am.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Doxey Marshes Rough-legged Buzzard RPTD low over at 10am mobbed by corvids.

SUFFOLK:- Micklemere Wood Sandpiper SE of Ixworth 10.15am + LRP, Ruff.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB 2 Spoonbill NO DETAILS.

SURREY:- Guildford 2 ad Kittiwake on lake in Stoke Park.

SUSSEX:- Goring Gap drk Blue-winged Teal on sea with 2 Shoveler 9.50-10.45am at least drifting E.

SUSSEX:- Rye Hbr NR Dotterel 12.30pm from Colin Green Hide.

WARWICKSHIRE:- Kingsbury WP Osprey over at 3.45pm.

WILDLIFE:- SUFF Pale shouldered Cloud Moth trapped at Landguard NR. Meet at gate in moat L.of fort entrance at 11am to view.






Any chance of posting tomorrow's sightings, Steve?

That way I stand a better chance of seeing some of 'em!


Going to marshside this evening when i've finished my tea.
Look out for the avocets,think they breed their last year,could be
same birds & others,Call into Ainsdale on the way back.I'll no
doubt do a report on my evenings birdwatching at the weekend.
I'll let you people know what i saw.

Regards
Jeff Taylor


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