UK & LONDON NEWS

White-throated Sparrow 

UK NEWS:MEGA:White-throated Sparrow Churchinford Somerset(23rd Jan - 3rd March)..LONDON NEWS:
Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Corn Bunting, 2 Pintail (pair), 9 Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Green Sandpiper.Staines Reservoir: Red-throated Diver still on N Basin, juv Great Northern Diver, Black-necked Grebe.Wanstead Flats: probable imm Marsh Harrier east over northern flats towards Ilford.Loughton, Essex IG10 (Avondale Drive): 13 Waxwing 11.00am.Tyttenhanger GP 2 Oystercatcher, Redshank, c20 Golden Plover, 25+ Fieldfare,12 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Meadow Pipit, Red Kite, Kingfisher, 3 Skylark, 33+ Shoveler, Little Grebe.

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Eleonora's Falcon

MEGA ELEONORA'S FALCON-Porthgwarra-Sat 11th August  http://www.cornwall-birding.co.uk/

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Pectoral Sandpiper

 Pectoral sandpiper RSPB old hall marshs Essex.LONG B DOWITCHER.Slimbridge wwt.WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.RSPB.Snettisham.

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Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.

MEGA CALANDRA LARK SANDWICH BAY.One just east of the Bird Observatory flew north over The Haven at 13:35

UK BIRDING

MEGA:  A report of a  Female Rock Thrush Trewallard Cornwall apparently seen 3 times in flight.

UK BIRDING

Common Yellowthroat Rhiwderin Gwent; Lesser Scaup Cosmeston Lakes Glamorgan; Bufflehead Helston Loe Pool Cornwall.Spotted Sandpiper Stanpit Marsh Dorset; Dark-eyed Junco Hawkhill Inclosure Hampshire; Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hampshire.Ross's Goose Halvergate Marshes Norfolk; RB Goose Felixstowe Ferry Suffolk; Lesser Scaup Newquay Cornwall.

UK BIRDING

In Kent a PENDULINE TIT reported today at Dungeness RSPB, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT still present in Gwent at Rhiwderyn.

UK BIRDING

Spotted Sandpiper Stanpit Marsh Dorset; WB Diver South Ronaldsay Orkney; Lesser Scaup Slimbridge Gloucestershire.Probable Thayer's Gull Enniskillen Fermanagh; Bonaparte's Gull Larne Antrim; Ross's Gull Ardglass Down.Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hampshire; Ross's Goose Anthorn Cumbria; Spotted Sandpiper Plym Estuary Devon; R-B Goose Turf Devon.Paddyfield Warbler Pagham Marshes West Sussex; Bonaparte's Gull Cardiff Bay Glamorgan; Dark-eyed Junco Hawkhill Inclosure Hampshire.

UK BIRDING

Lesser Yellowlegs Burnham Somerset; Dark-eyed Junco Hawkhill Inclosure Hampshire.Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hampshire.Parrot Crossbill Black Down West Sussex.Paddyfield Warbler Pagham Harbour West Sussex. Lesser Scaup Slimbridge Gloucestershire, Cosmeston Lakes Glamorgan; Lesser White-fronted Goose Buckenham Marshes Norfolk.

UK BIRDING

On this day 03-02: rare birds found on this day http://twitpic.com/8f4nfj

UK BIRDING

Desert Wheatear Bempton East Yorkshire.Northern Waterthrush & BW Teal St Mary's Scilly; Lesser Scaup Dozmary Pool Cornwall.Spotted Sandpiper Stanpit Marsh Dorset; Ross's Gull Ardglass Down; Bufflehead Helston Loe Pool Cornwall.Dark-eyed Junco Hawkhill Inclosure Hampshire.Parrot Crossbill Black Down West Sussex.Paddyfield Warbler Pagham Harbour West Sussex; Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hampshire; Lesser Scaup Slimbridge Gloucestershire.On this day 02-01: Nutcracker anyone? Last accepted record was from 1998 in Kent, another now would go down v.well http://twitpic.com/8ea956

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Parrot Crossbill (female) still E.Sussex at Black Down, 1st English record since a male near Fordingbridge, Hants on 5th-15th March 2000.

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On this Day, rarities which have turned up in Britain and Ireland on 30th Jan #birding #birds #otd http://twitpic.com/8dkrqv

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Red-breasted Goose Turf Devon, Old Hall Marshes Essex; Dark-eyed Junco Hawkhill Inclosure Hants; Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hants.Western Sandpiper Cley Norfolk; Lesser Scaup Slimbridge Somerset; Pallid Harrier Lake Corrib Galway.Lesser White-fronted Goose Buckenham Marshes Norfolk.Spotted Sandpiper Plym estuary Devon, Lyme Regis Dorset; Bufflehead Helston Loe Pool Cornwall.Wood Duck Arranmore Galway; Ross's Gull Ardglass Down. Buff-bellied Pipit Treraven Meadow Cornwall.

UK BIRDING

Ross's Gull Ardglass Down; Dark-eyed Junco Hawkhill Inclosure Hampshire; Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hampshire.Bufflehead Helston Loe Pool Cornwall; Western Sandpiper Cley Norfolk; Desert Wheatear Bempton East Yorkshire.Lesser White-fronted Goose Buckenham Marshes Norfolk; Lesser Scaup Lough Gill Kerry; Gyr Falcon Stromness Mainland Orkney.Norfolk pretty hot at the mo: 3.Coues's Arctic Redpolls Western Sand, Lesser White-front GG Shrike R-l Buzzard Shorelark Snow + Lap Buntings.

UK BIRDING

Ross's Gull Ardglass Down; Red-breasted Goose Tollesbury Wick Essex.Red-breasted Goose Cardurnock Cumbria. Bonaparte's Gull Cardiff Bay Glamorgan.Possible (Short-toed Treecreeper) Bradwell-on-sea Essex.

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 Lesser Scaup Slimbridge Gloucestershire.

 

 Western Sandpiper Cley Norfolk; Lesser White-fronted Goose Cantley Marshes Norfolk; Hume's Warbler Wyke Regis Dorset.

Desert Wheatear Bempton East Yorkshire; Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hampshire; Ross's Gull Ardglass Down.Bufflehead Helston Loe Pool Cornwall.MEGA Brünnich's Guillemot - photographed in Burghead Harbour Moray & Nairn 17th November.

UK BIRDING

Reported Ross's Gull Ardglass Antrim.Glossy Ibis Newport Wetlands Gwent, Chapel Amble Cornwall, Exminster Marshes Devon, Marloes Pembrokeshire, Fingringhoe Wick Essex.Blue-winged Teal St Marys Scilly. Spanish Sparrow Calshot Hampshire.Desert Wheatear Bempton East Yorkshire.Northern Long-tailed Tit Luddendon Dean West Yorkshire. LB Dowitcher 2 The Cull Wexford. LWF Goose Cantley Marshes Norfolk.

UK BIRDING

Greater Yellowlegs Loch Fleet Highland.  Blue-winged Teal Longham Lakes Dorset; Lesser Scaup Slimbridge Gloucestershire.Spotted Sandpiper Plym Estuary Devon, Chew Valley Lake Somerset; Red-breasted Goose Bowling Green Marsh Devon.

UK BIRDING

MEGA:Lesser White-fronted Goose Buckenham Marshes Norfolk