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Last update from Ralph @ 0538hrs (5/12)
CORNWALL - WHITE GYRFALCON TRETHEWEY, POLGIGGA, 3.30pm OVER TWDS PORTHCURNO.
CORNWALL - WHITE GYRFALCON, POLGIGGA, RPTD AGAIN AT 4.20pm.
ABERDEENSHIRE fem Ring-necked Duck. Loirston Loch - S.side of Aberdeen by A956, pm with Tufted Ducks also f LtDuck here.
ANGLESEY 17 RTDiver Breakwater Quarry CP, W.in 30mins. Chiffchaff at Soldiers Pt.
ANGLESEY 2 Slav Grebe Beddmanarch Bay + 11 PbBrent Geese, ad L.Gull, L.Egret.
BEDFORDSHIRE fem Ferruginous Duck. Elstow claypits, 1.56pm at least.
BERKSHIRE 1w Mediterranean Gull. Smallmead GP, 2.15pm + 3(2ad,2w)YlGull.
BERKSHIRE 2 Little Egret. Burnthouse Lane GPs, pm but mobile + ad YlGull with 45 LBbGulls.
BERKSHIRE w/pl Red-necked Grebe. Woolhampton G.Pits, am.
BERKSHIRE ad Caspian Gull. Horton Fields - adj to Queen Mother Resr, 11.17-11.35am then flew N.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE White Stork. Cottenham - at Long Drove, still.
CHESHIRE drk Green-winged Teal. Inner Marsh Farm, + Spot Redshank, L.Stint, 3 Ruff, Peregrine, 4 PfGeese.
CHESHIRE 3 Sp Redshank Inner Msh Fm+70 Blk-t Godwit, 2 Stonechat
CHESHIRE m Peregrine Lymm from Dane Bank Rd cross playing flds twds ship canal (SD685889)
CHESHIRE Merlin. Parkgate Marsh, + Greenshank. 17 L.Egret to roost at Ness in evng.
CLEVELAND 12 Pintail. Dorman's Pool, pm.
CLWYD 16 Snow Bunting Pensarn, pm on beach.
CORNWALL 1w Forster's Tern Hayle est Carnsew Basin
CORNWALL 3w RbGull Sennen Cove 10.20am then flew twds Lands End, L.Auk 10.20am +3 Med Gull, 2 GNDiver
CORNWALL L.Auk Pendeen, past 10am-noon + 5 RTDiver, 2 L.Gull, 8 C.Scoter.
CUMBRIA ad Ross's Goose 2ml W.of Bowness from pull in on L.of bend on Herd Hill +1500 Barnacles. 400 Barnacles in flds W.of minor rd S.of Cardurnock.
DEVON Glossy Ibis. Bowling Green Marsh, 4.15pm when landed in reeds.
DORSET Little Auk. Hengistbury Head, past am + RTDiver, 35 Com Scoter. 1+Firecrest in woods.
DORSET Long-tailed Duck Abbotsbury 2.30pm on The Fleet + Slav Grebe, BnGrebe, 5 Scaup.
DORSET drk Ferrug Duck Morden Park Lake pm best viewed from footbridge at SY908927 +100 Siskin here.
DORSET Swallow Weymouth on Mead Rd off Radipole Ln.
DORSET Marsh Harrier. Portland Bill, + Swallow, 4 SEOwl. 3 RTDiver W. 2 Blk Redstart Church Ope Cove.
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY drk Green-winged Teal. Caerlaverock WWT, + 100 Blk-t Godwit.
EAST YORKSHIRE 1w fem Ring-necked Duck N.Cave GPs still on Pit.5 (SE886328).
GLAMORGAN 1w Ivory Gull. Mumbles Head Swansea, 8.15am around Mumbles Pier showing well.
GLAMORGAN drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815) , 3.20pm still.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Little Bunting. Forest of Dean, late am nr Tidenham Chase at The Park (ST557993). From c/pk off B4228 go W.to white trig pt to view.
GWYNEDD 2 GNDiver Llanfairfechan, off prom.
HAMPSHIRE Gt Grey Shrike New Forest mid am at Black Gutter Bottom on top of tall willow in valley bottom.
HAMPSHIRE Short-eared Owl. Keyhaven Marshes, + 10 Twite, Msh Harrier.
HAMPSHIRE Purple Sandpiper. Hurst Castle, + 2 Avocet, Merlin, 4 Goldeneye, 11 Eider, 5 Knot, Raven, Buzzard.
HIGHLAND Gt Grey Shrike 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge 9.45am on wires over B970 at Mondhuie Wood (NH984207).
ISLE OF MAN Slav Grebe Derbyhaven Bay 1pm just offshore below lime kiln + GNDiver.
KENT 20 redhead Smew Dungeness RSPB + 3 Marsh Harrier, L.Egret, Avocet.
KENT 3 Velvet Scoter. Whitstable Bay, offshore pm.
KENT a few Hawfinch. Bedgbury Pinetum, + Crosbills nr post 15 at
2.30pm.
KENT 3 Pink-footed Goose. Scotney GPs, + 28 WfGeese. 8 Whooper Swan Denge Marsh. V.Scoter E.past Dungeness.
LANCASHIRE 7 Whooper Swan. Darwen Moors, E.over at 8.50am.
LANCASHIRE 16+Twite Lytham 1.40pm S.of Lowther Pavillion on saltmarsh.
LANCASHIRE Red-throated Diver. Starr Gate - Blackpool, past + 800 scoter sp, 12 Kittiwake, Gannet.
LANCASHIRE Jack Snipe. Myersclough Quarry, evng.
LANCASHIRE f H.Harrier Martin Mere WWT +j.M.Harrier, L.Stint, 62 Barnacle Geese.
LANCASHIRE 2w L.Gull Heysham outfalls + Shag by wooden jetty.
LEICESTERSHIRE 2 Velvet Scoter. Rutland Water - from Goldeneye Hide, 3.30pm.
LINCOLNSHIRE juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Worlaby Carrs - 3ml N.of Brigg, .20pm W.of Carr Lane + 5 SEOwl, escaped Ferruginous Hawk, 6 Whooper Swan.
LINCOLNSHIRE 3 ringtail H.Harrier Nocton Fen late a/noon +3 Barn owl btw fen+factory. In area 20 Whooper Swan, 100+Fieldfare, 1000 Gldn Plover, 1000 Lapwing.
LONDON ad Ring-billed Gull. Woolwich Common, 12.15pm on grass in front of Royal Military Academy.
MERSEYSIDE 3 Snow Bunting New Brighton 12.45pm on beach W.of lifeguard stn +8 Purple Sand.
MERSEYSIDE 2 Peregrine. Heswall - Riverbank Rd, + Merlin.
NORFOLK Little Gull. Northrepps, in ploughed fld by airstrip + 150 Golden Plover.
NORFOLK 5 RTDiver Wells Hbr + 1w Shag.
NORFOLK ad Ross's Goose 1km W.of Wighton 11.50am in beetfield with sheep + 3000 PfGeese.
NORTH YORKSHIRE 15 Crossbill. Swinsty Resr, 1.40pm in c/pk.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE 50+Brambling Ingbirchworth Resr pm in beech trees on S.shore.
SHROPSHIRE Ferruginous Duck Colemere, 2ml SE of Ellesmere, 3.34pm at least in front of sailing club with 6 Pochard.
SOMERSET American Wigeon Wet Moor, 3ml SE of Langport, am at E.end just W.of Long Load off rd to Muchelney with 600 Wigeon.
SUFFOLK 8 RTDiver Minsmere RSPB + 12 Guillemot, C.Scoters, 2 Cetti's Wblr.
SUFFOLK Little Auk. Minsmere RSPB, N.past am + Snow Bunting,
Peregrine.
SUFFOLK 4 RTDiver Benacre Broad am + 2 Eider.
Last update from Ralph @ 0538hrs (5/12)
CORNWALL - WHITE GYRFALCON TRETHEWEY, POLGIGGA, 3.30pm OVER TWDS PORTHCURNO.
CORNWALL - WHITE GYRFALCON, POLGIGGA, RPTD AGAIN AT 4.20pm.
ABERDEENSHIRE fem Ring-necked Duck. Loirston Loch - S.side of Aberdeen by A956, pm with Tufted Ducks also f LtDuck here.
ANGLESEY 17 RTDiver Breakwater Quarry CP, W.in 30mins. Chiffchaff at Soldiers Pt.
ANGLESEY 2 Slav Grebe Beddmanarch Bay + 11 PbBrent Geese, ad L.Gull, L.Egret.
BEDFORDSHIRE fem Ferruginous Duck. Elstow claypits, 1.56pm at least.
BERKSHIRE 1w Mediterranean Gull. Smallmead GP, 2.15pm + 3(2ad,2w)YlGull.
BERKSHIRE 2 Little Egret. Burnthouse Lane GPs, pm but mobile + ad YlGull with 45 LBbGulls.
BERKSHIRE w/pl Red-necked Grebe. Woolhampton G.Pits, am.
BERKSHIRE ad Caspian Gull. Horton Fields - adj to Queen Mother Resr, 11.17-11.35am then flew N.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE White Stork. Cottenham - at Long Drove, still.
CHESHIRE drk Green-winged Teal. Inner Marsh Farm, + Spot Redshank, L.Stint, 3 Ruff, Peregrine, 4 PfGeese.
CHESHIRE 3 Sp Redshank Inner Msh Fm+70 Blk-t Godwit, 2 Stonechat
CHESHIRE m Peregrine Lymm from Dane Bank Rd cross playing flds twds ship canal (SD685889)
CHESHIRE Merlin. Parkgate Marsh, + Greenshank. 17 L.Egret to roost at Ness in evng.
CLEVELAND 12 Pintail. Dorman's Pool, pm.
CLWYD 16 Snow Bunting Pensarn, pm on beach.
CORNWALL 1w Forster's Tern Hayle est Carnsew Basin
CORNWALL 3w RbGull Sennen Cove 10.20am then flew twds Lands End, L.Auk 10.20am +3 Med Gull, 2 GNDiver
CORNWALL L.Auk Pendeen, past 10am-noon + 5 RTDiver, 2 L.Gull, 8 C.Scoter.
CUMBRIA ad Ross's Goose 2ml W.of Bowness from pull in on L.of bend on Herd Hill +1500 Barnacles. 400 Barnacles in flds W.of minor rd S.of Cardurnock.
DEVON Glossy Ibis. Bowling Green Marsh, 4.15pm when landed in reeds.
DORSET Little Auk. Hengistbury Head, past am + RTDiver, 35 Com Scoter. 1+Firecrest in woods.
DORSET Long-tailed Duck Abbotsbury 2.30pm on The Fleet + Slav Grebe, BnGrebe, 5 Scaup.
DORSET drk Ferrug Duck Morden Park Lake pm best viewed from footbridge at SY908927 +100 Siskin here.
DORSET Swallow Weymouth on Mead Rd off Radipole Ln.
DORSET Marsh Harrier. Portland Bill, + Swallow, 4 SEOwl. 3 RTDiver W. 2 Blk Redstart Church Ope Cove.
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY drk Green-winged Teal. Caerlaverock WWT, + 100 Blk-t Godwit.
EAST YORKSHIRE 1w fem Ring-necked Duck N.Cave GPs still on Pit.5 (SE886328).
GLAMORGAN 1w Ivory Gull. Mumbles Head Swansea, 8.15am around Mumbles Pier showing well.
GLAMORGAN drk Redhead. Kenfig Pool (SS797815) , 3.20pm still.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Little Bunting. Forest of Dean, late am nr Tidenham Chase at The Park (ST557993). From c/pk off B4228 go W.to white trig pt to view.
GWYNEDD 2 GNDiver Llanfairfechan, off prom.
HAMPSHIRE Gt Grey Shrike New Forest mid am at Black Gutter Bottom on top of tall willow in valley bottom.
HAMPSHIRE Short-eared Owl. Keyhaven Marshes, + 10 Twite, Msh Harrier.
HAMPSHIRE Purple Sandpiper. Hurst Castle, + 2 Avocet, Merlin, 4 Goldeneye, 11 Eider, 5 Knot, Raven, Buzzard.
HIGHLAND Gt Grey Shrike 1ml W.of Nethy Bridge 9.45am on wires over B970 at Mondhuie Wood (NH984207).
ISLE OF MAN Slav Grebe Derbyhaven Bay 1pm just offshore below lime kiln + GNDiver.
KENT 20 redhead Smew Dungeness RSPB + 3 Marsh Harrier, L.Egret, Avocet.
KENT 3 Velvet Scoter. Whitstable Bay, offshore pm.
KENT a few Hawfinch. Bedgbury Pinetum, + Crosbills nr post 15 at
2.30pm.
KENT 3 Pink-footed Goose. Scotney GPs, + 28 WfGeese. 8 Whooper Swan Denge Marsh. V.Scoter E.past Dungeness.
LANCASHIRE 7 Whooper Swan. Darwen Moors, E.over at 8.50am.
LANCASHIRE 16+Twite Lytham 1.40pm S.of Lowther Pavillion on saltmarsh.
LANCASHIRE Red-throated Diver. Starr Gate - Blackpool, past + 800 scoter sp, 12 Kittiwake, Gannet.
LANCASHIRE Jack Snipe. Myersclough Quarry, evng.
LANCASHIRE f H.Harrier Martin Mere WWT +j.M.Harrier, L.Stint, 62 Barnacle Geese.
LANCASHIRE 2w L.Gull Heysham outfalls + Shag by wooden jetty.
LEICESTERSHIRE 2 Velvet Scoter. Rutland Water - from Goldeneye Hide, 3.30pm.
LINCOLNSHIRE juv Rough-legged Buzzard. Worlaby Carrs - 3ml N.of Brigg, .20pm W.of Carr Lane + 5 SEOwl, escaped Ferruginous Hawk, 6 Whooper Swan.
LINCOLNSHIRE 3 ringtail H.Harrier Nocton Fen late a/noon +3 Barn owl btw fen+factory. In area 20 Whooper Swan, 100+Fieldfare, 1000 Gldn Plover, 1000 Lapwing.
LONDON ad Ring-billed Gull. Woolwich Common, 12.15pm on grass in front of Royal Military Academy.
MERSEYSIDE 3 Snow Bunting New Brighton 12.45pm on beach W.of lifeguard stn +8 Purple Sand.
MERSEYSIDE 2 Peregrine. Heswall - Riverbank Rd, + Merlin.
NORFOLK Little Gull. Northrepps, in ploughed fld by airstrip + 150 Golden Plover.
NORFOLK 5 RTDiver Wells Hbr + 1w Shag.
NORFOLK ad Ross's Goose 1km W.of Wighton 11.50am in beetfield with sheep + 3000 PfGeese.
NORTH YORKSHIRE 15 Crossbill. Swinsty Resr, 1.40pm in c/pk.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE 50+Brambling Ingbirchworth Resr pm in beech trees on S.shore.
SHROPSHIRE Ferruginous Duck Colemere, 2ml SE of Ellesmere, 3.34pm at least in front of sailing club with 6 Pochard.
SOMERSET American Wigeon Wet Moor, 3ml SE of Langport, am at E.end just W.of Long Load off rd to Muchelney with 600 Wigeon.
SUFFOLK 8 RTDiver Minsmere RSPB + 12 Guillemot, C.Scoters, 2 Cetti's Wblr.
SUFFOLK Little Auk. Minsmere RSPB, N.past am + Snow Bunting,
Peregrine.
SUFFOLK 4 RTDiver Benacre Broad am + 2 Eider.
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