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Little Ringed Plover (J Hewitt) Desert Wheatear (Dave Mansell) Alpine Swift (M Richardson)
The recorder for the Group is N.W Addey, 20 The Dene, Scarborough YO12 7NJ. Tel; 01723 361167 Email nickaddey@dsl.pipex.com
Observers are encouraged to inform him of sightings in The Scarborough and District Area giving; Date, Time, Description, Location.
Records of scarce birds require a description for The Yorkshire Naturalists Union and The British Birds Rarities Committee
Latest Sightings Reports 2007
Latest Sightings Reports 2008
Scalby Nabs Ornithological Group - Sighting
July
1/7 Little Egret Scalby Lodge Pond at 04.30 am. Also Little Gull, two
Gadwall, Green Sandpiper there. Whimbrel Jackson's Bay.
2/7 Green Sandpiper and Ringed Plover Scalby Lodge Pond, Honey Buzzard and
40 Crossbills Wykeham Forest.
4/7 Three Common Sandpipers and four LRP Wykeham Lakes. Three Med Gulls (2
ads plus a second-summer) South Bay
5/7 Whimbrel, Redshank and 39 Curlew at Scalby Lodge Pond
6/7 Seawatching at Long Nab/Marine Drive (6 1/2 hours); Pomarine Skua, 3
Arctic Skuas, 85 Manx Shearwaters, Red t Diver, ad Med Gull, 2 Little Gulls,
2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 12 Whimbrel, 26 Curlew, 9 Knot, 2 Sanderling, 38
Redshank, 5 Dunlin, 120 Sandwich Terns, 25 Common Scoter, 2,470 Swifts
south. Two Greenshank Scalby Lodge Pond. Hobby over Scalby Road
7/7 Southerly passage at Long Nab (09.00-12.30); Hobby, Short-eared Owl and
1500+ Swifts, and sea movement of 81 Manx Shearwaters, 4 Arctic Skuas,
Bonxie, 31 Common Scoter, 19 Redshank and 6 Common Terns. A Whimbrel in the
"show field" by Scalby Lodge Pond.
9/7 Two Whimbrel with 16 Curlews in the "show field" by Scalby Lodge.
10/7 Four Whimbrel in the "show field" at Scalby Lodge.
Four adult Med Gulls in south Bay.
12/7 Seawatching at Long Nab (06.10-09.10); Red t Diver, 23 Manx
Shearwaters, 2 Tufted Ducks, 4 Arctic Terns, 14 Common Terns, Bonxie, 3
Arctic Skuas, 241+ Puffins.Two Dunlin Scalby Lodge Pond. Three Honey
Buzzards from Wykeham Raptor Viwpoint.
13/7 Bonxie and Bar-tailed Godwit past Marine Drive in eve. Whimbrel,
Whinchat and two Little Owls Scalby Lodge Pond. Male Honey Buzzard over
Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint.
14/7 Osprey drifted north over Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint early evening, also
one Honey Buzzard and Turtle Dove mid afternoon. Turtle Dove, two Green
Woodpeckers, and Wheatear Langdale End in evening.
15/7 Honey Buzzard from Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint this afternoon plus Goshawk
and Turtle Dove. Osprey over Wykeham.
Osprey ( Steve Race)
16/7 Two juvenile Goshawks over the Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint plus c12 Crossbills nearby.
Crossbill Dave Mansell)
17/7 Wykeham Lakes this eve (permit only) : ad Yellow-legged Gull, ad Med
Gull, 60 LBB Gulls, 600 Herring Gulls, LRP, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers
.
19/7 Marine Drive (17.00-20.00) : Velvet Scoter, R B Merganser, 4 Arctic
Skuas, 12 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Teal, 2 Common Scoters, 65 Sandwich Terns, 137
Fulmar, 45 Puffins 19/7 Black-tailed Godwit Scalby Lodge Pond.
20/7 Seawatch at Long Nab (05.55-10.30); Sooty Shearwater, 26 Manx
Shearwaters, Bonxie, 3 Arctic Skuas, 9 Arctic Terns, 10 Common Terns, 30
Sandwich Terns,Whimbrel, 177 Puffins. Two Whimbrel Stoupe Beck, Robin Hood
21/7 Seawatching at Long Nab (06.00-10.15) and Marine Drive (18.00-19.00) ;
Three Sooty Shearwaters, "Blue" Fulmar, 86 Manx, 4 Eider, R b Merganser, 2
Bonxies, 8 Arctic Skuas, 400 Arctic Terns, 20 Common Terns, 4 Bar-tailed
Godwits, 2 Knot, 4 Dunlins, Whimbrel plus White-beaked Dolphin.
Wykeham Forest; 3 Honey Buzzards, 7 Goshawk, Hobby, Peregrine, 2 Turtle
Doves, 40 Crossbills.
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