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Last update by Ralph @ 0823hrs (11/12)
CAMBS 1w Great Grey Shrike. SE of Duxford, 8.18am by R.Cam 200m W.of the ford on telegraph wires.
NRF Black Stork Tharston RPTD circling at dawn.
NRF f Two-b Crossbill Sandringham 9.45am in 1st c/pk nr No Entry Sign +12 Crossbill
ORK 1w Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, 9am on Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house + Waxwing briefly then flew N.
CAMBS drk Am Wigeon Ouse Washes btw Oxlode + Pymore railbridge flew N.+50 Wigeon
CAMS W.Stork Cottenham Long Drove N.of pools +80 Gldn Plover.
LEICS RTDiver Cropston Resr early am down to 10m by dam + 2 Grey Wag, Sparrowhawk.
WORCS ad Iceland Gull Westwood Pool, til 7.43am then flew NE, f LtDuck here + 8+Goldeneye. PERMIT ONLY.
BERKS 4(1drk)Smew Hurst Green GPs. Buzzard at Riseley.
NORF 2(ad,2w)Med Gull in fld opp Snettisham House SE of Snettisham, 10.30am.
NORF 6 L.Egret Holkham Freshmarsh + 3 WfGeese, Firecrest.
BERKS redhead Smew Lavell's Lake nr main island reed bed.
SUFF redhead Smew. Minsmere RSPB, from beach viewing platform as NR shut.
HANTS Black Redstart. 1ml W.of Hambledon, at Hoe Cross Farm + 2 Brambling Hoe Manor. Nrby ad Med Gull at Long Road.
LINCS juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Worlaby Carrs - 3ml N.of Brigg, 11am around woodland by Carr Lane.
HANTS 2 Twite. Blackgutter Bottom, RPTD at 7.55am on hill SE of Ditchend Bottom 1/2ml from Ashley Walk c/pk.
CORN drk GwTeal Hayle Estuary RSPB off B3301 cswy.
CAMBS RTDiver Grafham Water, am by dam.
CLVLND 10 Little Auk. Hartlepool Headland, past S.by 11.30am. 2 redhead Smew on Saltholme Pools.
HANTS ad Black Brant. Hook with Warsash, 11.28am in flds S.of Workman's Lane with 900 Brent Geese.
ORK ad Ring-b Gull Stromness Hbr, am at S.end nr play area coming to bread + ad Iceland Gull in hbr + 3 GNDiver offshore + 2 BTDiver.
HANTS Gt Grey Shrike New Forest 11.05am at Verely Hill (SU195053).
GLAM drk Redhead Kenfig Pool (SS797815) am showing well + Bittern in flight only.
NORF Waxwing. just N.of Catfield, 12.44pm W.of A149 along Plumsgate Rd but mobile + 58 wild (prob Bewick's) swans.
DORS 4 Whooper Swan Avon Valley 1/2ml N.of Christchurch +Bewick's Swans, Msh Harrrier, Blk-t Godwits.
DORS f Merlin over Hengistbury Hd 10am +3 LtDuck, 5 C.Scoter, 3 Purple Sand, L.Egret. F.Eider off Mudeford Quay +YlGull.
DURH 6 L.Auk off Whitburn Obs 9.15-11.30am + RnGrebe, 9 C.Scoter, 75 Eider, Goosander, 3 Goldeneye.
IOM L.Auk Derbyhaven Bay 12.30pm off Fort Island + Slav Grebe, GNDiver
KENT 8 SEOwl Harty Marshes + 32 Twite, 2 L.Egret. 3 SEOwl Capel Fleet + 2 Hen Harrier, 8 Msh Harrier, buzzard sp.
DUM&GALL ad Ross's Goose. Caerlaverock WWT, with Barnacle Geese.
FIFE L.Auk Anstruther, past by 10.30am + A.Skua.
N.YKS Red-throated Diver Scarborough Hbr am.
S.YKS 200+Brambling Ingbirchworth Resr in beech trees on S.side.
HERTS Stone Curlew. Stevenage, 12.30pm nr Sainsbury's r/about on Gresley Way but not since.
SCILLY Goosander. St Mary's, 2pm on Porthellick Pool then flew over airport + 4 Whooper Swans at pool.
BERKS 1w Scaup. Horton GPs, on pits at end of Park Lane.
BERKS 2 Red-b Merganser Wraysbury GPs + 4 Ruddy Duck.
CAMBS 6 Green Sand Etton GPs + 2 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, Kingfisher.
LINCS 4(1drk)Smew Tallington GPs on Kings Street Pit + Sparrowhawk.
BERKS 2 redhead Smew. Wraysbury G.Pits
E.YKS f RnDuck Hornsea Mere in private area, no sign of drk
SURR 14(10drk) Goosander. Papercourt GPs, am.
LANCS 20 Crossbill Beacon Fell CP nr Bowland Vis.Cntr.
LANCS 3,000 Common Scoter Starr Gate Blackpool + RTDiver S.+poss GNDiver N.
W.YKS 47+Brambling Blackmoorfoot Resr 10am on S.bank + redhead Goosander, 2 Goldeneye.
CUMB Firecrest Sandscale Haws NR - Roanhead, 2.30pm showing well in scrub S.of public toilet (SD201755).
LINCS Spotted Redshank. Welland Bank Pits, flew over + 3 Woodcock flushed, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Snipe, 9 Gadwall.
G.MCR 5 Willow Tit Wigan Flashes at feeders bhnd Hawkley Hall School (SD580033) + Chiffchaff.
OXON ad Caspian Gull Dix Pit late a/noon on muddy bank at N.end in front of industrial estate (ST408055).
ESX Shorelark Cudmore Grove CP on Mersea Island.
KENT RTDiver Chipstead Lake + Shelduck Sundridge Lake.
BEDS 2 Short-eared Owl. Dunton - nr Biggleswade, am on arable stewarship survey.
CORN 1w Rose-col Starling. Goldsithney - 1ml E.of Marazion, pm in gdns N.of B3286 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).
LANCS f Ferrug Duck Martin Mere on mere. Firecrest by Raines Hide.
KENT ad Mediterranean Gull. Bough Beech Resr, late a/noon + drk
Goosander, 5 Dunlin.
LANCS R.Kite Altcar Withens from Trans Pennine Trail c/pk + M.Harrier
VERY LATE ITEMS
ANGLSY Knot. Beddmanarch Bay, + Bar-t Godwit, Grey Plover. Water Rail Holyhead Breakwater CP in 1st quarry on L.by small pool at entrance.
CHESH 5 Little Egret. Boathouse Flash Parkgate
CLVLND ringtail Hen Harrier. Scaling Dam Resr, 1.35pm.
DORS 3 Slavonian Grebe. Mudeford Quay, pm.
DEV ad Ring-billed Gull. Barnstaple, at Seven Bretheren Lorry Pk
(SS558323).
DORS Black Redstart. Durlston CP, + Firecrest.
DORS Chiffchaff. Hatch Pond, Poole, evng + 55 Gadwall.
E.YKS 1+ redhead Smew. Hornsea Mere, + redhead Goosander.
KENT 270 Red-throated Diver. Dungeness, past in 3hrs am + 219 GcGrebe, 22 Eider, 1950 Guillemot, ad YlGull on beach.
LANCS Water Pipit. Leighton Moss RSPB - from Lillians Hide, am +
Bittern. Bittern Lower Hide + Water Rail.* N.YKS Great Skua. Filey, past + 4 L.Gull.
M/SIDE 10,000 Knot. Leasowe, at hi tide + 10,000 Dunlin, Grey Plover, Bar-t Godwit, 4 RbMerg, 17 Goldeneye.
SHETL Taiga Bean Goose. Fair Isle, + 5 Woodcock, LEOwl, Brambling, Hawfinch, 2 PfGeese.
SUSX Firecrest. Hove, 8am in St.Anns Well Gardens nr pond.
NORF Barn Owl. Hardley Flood, + Cetti's Wblr, 20 Pintail, 30 Curlew.
SUFF Razorbill. Slaughden, S.@ 1.15pm + L.Egret on marsh.
SUFF 100 White-fronted Goose. North Warren RSPB, 3pm + 400 Wigeon, Brent Goose, 6 Pintail.
W.YKS 2 Bittern. Anglers CP, at Wintersett Resr in reeds by boathouse at dusk + Bewick's Swan.
W.YKS Lesne's Earwig. St.Ives, above Lady Blantyres Rock with tits. 40+Crossbill Coppice Wood + 14 Goosander. 20 Crosssbill Fewston.
DORS 9 Short-eared Owl. Portland Bill, + Blk Redstart. 4 Eider offshore + RTDiver. Blk Redstart Reap Ln, Weston + Curlew.
KENT Slavonian Grebe. Dungeness RSPB - Burrowes Pit, + 3 RTDiver. 8 Whooper Swan Denge Marsh. Redhead Smew Brett's Marina.
SHETL White-billed Diver. East Mainland, in South Nesting Bay off
Housabista + 5 GNDiver.
Last update by Ralph @ 0823hrs (11/12)
CAMBS 1w Great Grey Shrike. SE of Duxford, 8.18am by R.Cam 200m W.of the ford on telegraph wires.
NRF Black Stork Tharston RPTD circling at dawn.
NRF f Two-b Crossbill Sandringham 9.45am in 1st c/pk nr No Entry Sign +12 Crossbill
ORK 1w Rufous Turtle Dove. Stromness, 9am on Hillside Rd in gdn of derelict looking house + Waxwing briefly then flew N.
CAMBS drk Am Wigeon Ouse Washes btw Oxlode + Pymore railbridge flew N.+50 Wigeon
CAMS W.Stork Cottenham Long Drove N.of pools +80 Gldn Plover.
LEICS RTDiver Cropston Resr early am down to 10m by dam + 2 Grey Wag, Sparrowhawk.
WORCS ad Iceland Gull Westwood Pool, til 7.43am then flew NE, f LtDuck here + 8+Goldeneye. PERMIT ONLY.
BERKS 4(1drk)Smew Hurst Green GPs. Buzzard at Riseley.
NORF 2(ad,2w)Med Gull in fld opp Snettisham House SE of Snettisham, 10.30am.
NORF 6 L.Egret Holkham Freshmarsh + 3 WfGeese, Firecrest.
BERKS redhead Smew Lavell's Lake nr main island reed bed.
SUFF redhead Smew. Minsmere RSPB, from beach viewing platform as NR shut.
HANTS Black Redstart. 1ml W.of Hambledon, at Hoe Cross Farm + 2 Brambling Hoe Manor. Nrby ad Med Gull at Long Road.
LINCS juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Worlaby Carrs - 3ml N.of Brigg, 11am around woodland by Carr Lane.
HANTS 2 Twite. Blackgutter Bottom, RPTD at 7.55am on hill SE of Ditchend Bottom 1/2ml from Ashley Walk c/pk.
CORN drk GwTeal Hayle Estuary RSPB off B3301 cswy.
CAMBS RTDiver Grafham Water, am by dam.
CLVLND 10 Little Auk. Hartlepool Headland, past S.by 11.30am. 2 redhead Smew on Saltholme Pools.
HANTS ad Black Brant. Hook with Warsash, 11.28am in flds S.of Workman's Lane with 900 Brent Geese.
ORK ad Ring-b Gull Stromness Hbr, am at S.end nr play area coming to bread + ad Iceland Gull in hbr + 3 GNDiver offshore + 2 BTDiver.
HANTS Gt Grey Shrike New Forest 11.05am at Verely Hill (SU195053).
GLAM drk Redhead Kenfig Pool (SS797815) am showing well + Bittern in flight only.
NORF Waxwing. just N.of Catfield, 12.44pm W.of A149 along Plumsgate Rd but mobile + 58 wild (prob Bewick's) swans.
DORS 4 Whooper Swan Avon Valley 1/2ml N.of Christchurch +Bewick's Swans, Msh Harrrier, Blk-t Godwits.
DORS f Merlin over Hengistbury Hd 10am +3 LtDuck, 5 C.Scoter, 3 Purple Sand, L.Egret. F.Eider off Mudeford Quay +YlGull.
DURH 6 L.Auk off Whitburn Obs 9.15-11.30am + RnGrebe, 9 C.Scoter, 75 Eider, Goosander, 3 Goldeneye.
IOM L.Auk Derbyhaven Bay 12.30pm off Fort Island + Slav Grebe, GNDiver
KENT 8 SEOwl Harty Marshes + 32 Twite, 2 L.Egret. 3 SEOwl Capel Fleet + 2 Hen Harrier, 8 Msh Harrier, buzzard sp.
DUM&GALL ad Ross's Goose. Caerlaverock WWT, with Barnacle Geese.
FIFE L.Auk Anstruther, past by 10.30am + A.Skua.
N.YKS Red-throated Diver Scarborough Hbr am.
S.YKS 200+Brambling Ingbirchworth Resr in beech trees on S.side.
HERTS Stone Curlew. Stevenage, 12.30pm nr Sainsbury's r/about on Gresley Way but not since.
SCILLY Goosander. St Mary's, 2pm on Porthellick Pool then flew over airport + 4 Whooper Swans at pool.
BERKS 1w Scaup. Horton GPs, on pits at end of Park Lane.
BERKS 2 Red-b Merganser Wraysbury GPs + 4 Ruddy Duck.
CAMBS 6 Green Sand Etton GPs + 2 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, Kingfisher.
LINCS 4(1drk)Smew Tallington GPs on Kings Street Pit + Sparrowhawk.
BERKS 2 redhead Smew. Wraysbury G.Pits
E.YKS f RnDuck Hornsea Mere in private area, no sign of drk
SURR 14(10drk) Goosander. Papercourt GPs, am.
LANCS 20 Crossbill Beacon Fell CP nr Bowland Vis.Cntr.
LANCS 3,000 Common Scoter Starr Gate Blackpool + RTDiver S.+poss GNDiver N.
W.YKS 47+Brambling Blackmoorfoot Resr 10am on S.bank + redhead Goosander, 2 Goldeneye.
CUMB Firecrest Sandscale Haws NR - Roanhead, 2.30pm showing well in scrub S.of public toilet (SD201755).
LINCS Spotted Redshank. Welland Bank Pits, flew over + 3 Woodcock flushed, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Snipe, 9 Gadwall.
G.MCR 5 Willow Tit Wigan Flashes at feeders bhnd Hawkley Hall School (SD580033) + Chiffchaff.
OXON ad Caspian Gull Dix Pit late a/noon on muddy bank at N.end in front of industrial estate (ST408055).
ESX Shorelark Cudmore Grove CP on Mersea Island.
KENT RTDiver Chipstead Lake + Shelduck Sundridge Lake.
BEDS 2 Short-eared Owl. Dunton - nr Biggleswade, am on arable stewarship survey.
CORN 1w Rose-col Starling. Goldsithney - 1ml E.of Marazion, pm in gdns N.of B3286 W.of Crown Pub (SW545307).
LANCS f Ferrug Duck Martin Mere on mere. Firecrest by Raines Hide.
KENT ad Mediterranean Gull. Bough Beech Resr, late a/noon + drk
Goosander, 5 Dunlin.
LANCS R.Kite Altcar Withens from Trans Pennine Trail c/pk + M.Harrier
VERY LATE ITEMS
ANGLSY Knot. Beddmanarch Bay, + Bar-t Godwit, Grey Plover. Water Rail Holyhead Breakwater CP in 1st quarry on L.by small pool at entrance.
CHESH 5 Little Egret. Boathouse Flash Parkgate
CLVLND ringtail Hen Harrier. Scaling Dam Resr, 1.35pm.
DORS 3 Slavonian Grebe. Mudeford Quay, pm.
DEV ad Ring-billed Gull. Barnstaple, at Seven Bretheren Lorry Pk
(SS558323).
DORS Black Redstart. Durlston CP, + Firecrest.
DORS Chiffchaff. Hatch Pond, Poole, evng + 55 Gadwall.
E.YKS 1+ redhead Smew. Hornsea Mere, + redhead Goosander.
KENT 270 Red-throated Diver. Dungeness, past in 3hrs am + 219 GcGrebe, 22 Eider, 1950 Guillemot, ad YlGull on beach.
LANCS Water Pipit. Leighton Moss RSPB - from Lillians Hide, am +
Bittern. Bittern Lower Hide + Water Rail.* N.YKS Great Skua. Filey, past + 4 L.Gull.
M/SIDE 10,000 Knot. Leasowe, at hi tide + 10,000 Dunlin, Grey Plover, Bar-t Godwit, 4 RbMerg, 17 Goldeneye.
SHETL Taiga Bean Goose. Fair Isle, + 5 Woodcock, LEOwl, Brambling, Hawfinch, 2 PfGeese.
SUSX Firecrest. Hove, 8am in St.Anns Well Gardens nr pond.
NORF Barn Owl. Hardley Flood, + Cetti's Wblr, 20 Pintail, 30 Curlew.
SUFF Razorbill. Slaughden, S.@ 1.15pm + L.Egret on marsh.
SUFF 100 White-fronted Goose. North Warren RSPB, 3pm + 400 Wigeon, Brent Goose, 6 Pintail.
W.YKS 2 Bittern. Anglers CP, at Wintersett Resr in reeds by boathouse at dusk + Bewick's Swan.
W.YKS Lesne's Earwig. St.Ives, above Lady Blantyres Rock with tits. 40+Crossbill Coppice Wood + 14 Goosander. 20 Crosssbill Fewston.
DORS 9 Short-eared Owl. Portland Bill, + Blk Redstart. 4 Eider offshore + RTDiver. Blk Redstart Reap Ln, Weston + Curlew.
KENT Slavonian Grebe. Dungeness RSPB - Burrowes Pit, + 3 RTDiver. 8 Whooper Swan Denge Marsh. Redhead Smew Brett's Marina.
SHETL White-billed Diver. East Mainland, in South Nesting Bay off
Housabista + 5 GNDiver.
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