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Great Spotted Cuckoo at Carnsore Point, Co. Wexford, Ireland on Wednesday 3 April, 2002 © Eugene Archer See more photos at Irishbirding.com
Garganey, Pennington Marshes, Hampshire, 1st April © Russell Wynn
Ross's Gull © Pete Wragg at Blacktoft Sands 31 March 2002
Spotted Crake, Belvide, Staffs 1/4/02 © Sean Cole The bird showed regularly down to c10 metres as it dashed out onto this feeding platform stocked for birds by the West Midlands Bird Club. Well worth the small £1 donation!! Note that on a couple of the pictures you can still see the footprints of the bird, as it had just walked out from the water.
Spotted Crake, Belvide, Staffs 1/4/02 © Sean Cole Pictures were taken with a Sony DSC-P1 through a Kowa 823, at approx 60 total magnification.
Garganey, Willington GP, Beds 30/3/02 © Steve Blain www.steveblain.co.uk
Water Pipit, Willington GP, Beds 3/02 © Steve Blain www.steveblain.co.uk
		"Drake Garganey, and Water Pipit from Willington Gravel Pits, Beds. All are excellent county birds. The story with the Water Pipits is interesting. One was found in October 2001 at Willington and was quite elusive but it stayed all winter and was a county tick for most who saw it. When it came to March is appeared that another bird had joined it, this time a summer plumaged bird. During March birders were reporting the summer plumage bird to be in differing states of plumage. It was only when I got some good video of all the birds I saw did we piece together that there had actually been four individuals present throughout March!! As you can see, one is a stonking full summer plumaged adult! All are still present at the end of March." S.Blain
Snowy Egret, Loch Gair, Argyll 2/4/02 © Jim Duncan
Spotted Crake, Belvide, Staffs 1/4/02 © Steve Nuttall PC5 through 10 times Swarovski bins
Ring-necked Duck, Low Barns NR Co Durham 1/4/02 © John Malloy
Ring-necked Duck, Low Barns NR Co Durham 1/4/02 © Jim Willson
Ring-necked Duck, Hinksey Lake, Oxon 1/4/02 © Ben Sheldon
Surf Scoter, Ruddons Point, Fife 28/3/02 © Steve Arlow
Lesser Scaup, Loch Insh, Highland 29/3/02 © Steve Arlow
Great Grey Shrike, Highland Wildlfe Park © Steve Arlow
Little Ringed Plover, Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 29/march/2002 © DAVID STONE
Ross's Gull, Scarborough 28/3/02 © Steve Arlow
Water Pipit, Willington 20/3/02 © Jono Leadley
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