British Birding Association UK400 Club

The adult CASPIAN TERN, identified at Collingham GP shortly before mid-afternoon, visited the pit at regular intervals until 1948 hours this evening, providing many observers an opportunity of seeing this rare visitor from Scandinavia.

 

DIRECTIONS: At the north end of Collingham village just north of Newark-on-Trent, take Trent Lane westwards just before the pub and then turn right into Carlton Ferry Lane and park sensibly.

 

The adult BLACK STORK, seen previously in Kent and then earlier this week close to Braintree (Essex), circled low over Shoebury, Southend-on-Sea (Essex) this evening, perhaps indicating it may return back across the Thames Estuary, whilst in Hampshire, this weekend's adult WHITE STORK.flew SW over Bitterne, Southampton, at 1400.

 

In Dorset, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRETS flew north past the East Cliffs at Portland Bill at 0830 hours this morning, whilst in West Sussex, an adult CATTLE EGRET reappeared in Pagham Harbour, where it visited the Breaches Pool briefly with Little Egrets. On the Somerset Levels, the single juvenile CATTLE EGRET continues to survive. A party of 11 EURASIAN SPOONBILLS dropped in to Breydon Water (Norfolk) early morning (but flew off at 0916), whilst others included 2 in Poole Harbour (Dorset) and another at Martin Mere WWT (Lancs). Five also remained at Cley NWT (North Norfolk), the same reserve still hosting an adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and adult PECTORAL SANDPIPER.

 

Further PECTORAL SANDPIPERS today including relocating adults at Eyebrook Reservoir (Leics) and Levington Creek (Suffolk), with others still present at Edderthorpe Flash (South Yorks) and Holland Haven scrape (Essex).

 

A drake LESSER SCAUP in eclipse plumage remains for a third day at Balgray Reservoir (Clyde).

 

 

In Orkney, the long-staying summer-plumaged adult WHITE-BILLED DIVER remains in Water Sound, with the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING in gardens at Upper Siadar, Lewis (Outer Hebrides) and the eclipse drake Ring-necked Duck at Loch Gelly (Fife). The drake FERRUGINOUS DUCK remains at Chew Valley Lake (Avon) with the first-summer drake Hooded Merganser (of unknown origin) still at Radipole Lake (Dorset). The GLOSSY IBIS continues at Marshside Marsh RSPB (Lancs), with the pair of COMMON CRANES still present on Sleap Moor (Shropshire).

 

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