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| Woodchat Shrike,Salisbury,Wilts, 9th Sept' 2001 copyright Nick Lowton |  |
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| Woodchat Shrike,Salisbury,Wilts, 9th Sept' 2001 copyright Gary Woodburn
taken with a Sony DCR PC3E through a Leica televid 77 at 20x magnification |
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| Purple Heron, Saddington Reservoir, Leics, 9th Sept' 2001 copyright Richard Fray
Sony DCR-PC4 on 20x. |
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| "A couple of days ago, we heard rumours of a "funny heron" that had been seen several times at Saddington Reservoir and along the nearby canal. A couple of local birders, Nick Potter and Matthew Berriman, had fairly brief views of it on Saturday evening (9th) and thought it sufficiently interesting to warrant a further search early on Sunday morning. The bird left its roost just after dawn and was then finally seen well at 6:40 a.m. by Nick Potter and at 8:30 a.m. by myself, Richard and Dave Gray. The picture here shows it being harrassed by crows, which happened for a minute or so before it flew off back towards the reservoir. Unfortunately, the photos aren't great - mine are even worse as I lost my composure and ended up faffing around with Dave's scope instead! The reason I was a bit over-excited was due to the rarity of this species in Leicestershire - it is the 4th County record - the first two were of birds flying into Leicestershire from Derbyshire in 1968 and 1975 (and hence not seen by Leicestershire birders) and the third was found dead in 1989, so this was almost as good as a County first. We have since heard from various dogwalkers, anglers, women on horses (!) etc, that they have been seeing a "funny heron" regularly in the area for up to two weeks." Rob Fray |
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| Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tinkers Marsh, 8th Sept' 2001 copyright Kit Day
There was a strong wind and unstable ground which explains the rather blurred image! |
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| Barred Warbler,Winterton, Norfolk, 8th Sept' 2001 copyright Adrian Webb |  |
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| Osprey, Blyth Estuary, 2nd September 2001 © Paul Hackett
Paul masters digi-scoping birds in flight! |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper, Burnham on Sea, Somerset, 6th Sept' 2001 © Paul Bowerman Taken this morning at over 100 yards using Nikon Coolpix/ 30 X Optolyth scope. |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ogmore Estuary, Glamorgan, 4th Sept' 2001 © Mike Malpass |
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| Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tinker's Marsh, Suffolk, Sept' 4th © Brian J Small
"There are six records for Suffolk: John Grant, who found it, has found the last three and was present when one other was found - jammy devil." Brian J Small |
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| Barred Warbler, Winterton, Norfolk, Sept' 2nd 2001 © Bill Baston |  |
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| Barred Warbler, Winterton, Norfolk, Sept' 2nd 2001 © Bill Baston |  |
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